Prominent leader of Yorubaland,Gani Adams has warned the self acclaimed Prime minister of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB in exile, Simon Ekpa to erase the plan of staging a Sit – at – home in Lagos or any part of the South West
IPOB’s sit – at home order is currently being en- forced in the South East to demand from the Federal Government the unconditional release of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention.
But the action is having devastating effects on the economic and social lives of the people of the region.
Giving his warning,Adams,who is also the Aare Onakakanfo said such a move or atttempt to impose IPOB agenda on Lagos or any other part of the South West is unacceptable and will be resisted because the region is not a Biafra Republic.
Ekpa had reportedly tweeted on Wednesday of plans by IPOB to enforce a sit-at-home in Lagos at the end of the Tuesday two – week sit – at – home order to the South East .
“He was quoted as saying “Biafrans in Lagos should get ready to be part of the demand to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We are coming to Lagos after the two-week-long sit at home
“It is time to show your solidarity to this call for justice. Biafrans in Lagos will lock down. The consultation will start soon,”
Reacting to Ekpa’s pronouncement in an interview with a news medium not current matters )Adams cautioned Ekpa to desist from “repeating the mistake of the 1970s,” and drop the move which he described as uncalled-for and counterproductive.
The Aare Ona Kakanfo emphasised that the South-West is not part of “their Biafra” Republic and as such, it was preposterous for “outsiders to dictate or impose their agenda on people of other regions whom they cohabit with as residents.”
He said: “I can’t go to the South East now and say I want to decide for the people of that region. So, it is not possible to import South-East agenda into Yorubaland. It would be coun- terproductive. We advise him (Ekpa) to drop that idea.
“He should not try that. The South West is not Biafra Re- public. Any attempt to impose Biafra Republic agenda will be resisted. He should desist from repeating the mistake of the 1970s. He should be very, very careful.
“They are entitled to their opinion, but South West is not their Biafran region. He should be very, very careful.
“He should not come and impose his own agenda on the South West. It is uncalled-for, it is unwarranted. Although I don’t know him and I have not spoken to him, he should not bring unnecessary tension to Yorubaland. We will not accept that.”
Adams however reiterated the position of the South West which is that Nigeria should be re- structured into true federalism whereby each of the federating units would be allowed to develop at their own pace.
“Our position is true federalism, that is, the restructuring of Nigeria into regions, for the regions to develop at their own pace’ he said.
Ekpa, had in his threat of another sit – at – home reportedly said the action was to demand “the immediate and unconditional release of IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who remains illegally detained at the DSS dungeon.”
According to him,“Following the demand by the Biafra people for more sit-at-home civil disobedience, the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government in Homeland wish to notify Biafrans that there will be a sit-at-home civil disobedience starting from 31 July, 2023 to 14 August, 2023.”
