Simon Ekpa, a popular Biafra agitator and Separatist, in an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stated why the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, should be released immediately.
Ekpa, the Finland-based lawyer and Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, disclosed in the Letter on Sunday.
He reminded Tinubu about the travail of Nnamdi Kanu under detention by the Department of State Security Service, DSS.
Ekpa said that Tinubu should release the Leader of IPOB due to his harmonious relationship with Kanu’s father, His Royal Majesty Eze Israel Okwu Kanu.
He stressed that the health of Nnamdi Kanu has significantly deteriorated, hence the call for his release.
Speaking on the Biafra agitation, he said the indigenous people of Biafra, in their determination to exit Nigeria the state decided to form a government in exile called The Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE).
According to him, The Biafra Republic Government In Exile conducted an election on April 8, 2023, and he was elected as the Prime Minister, same with other Biafra Government in Exile officials.
Ekpa added that The BRGIE is legally registered with its Headquarters in the United States, State of Maryland is the host state.
See for the text of the Letter:
“We formally write to you on behalf of the Biafra People of South Eastern and part of South-South Nigeria. We wish to remind you that; Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who was illegally kidnapped from Kenya, extraordinarily renditioned to Nigeria against all international protocols, was arrayed before a court of competent jurisdiction.
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