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Igbo Elders Condemn Ekpa’s Declaration… Allege, It Is An Attempt To Stop Obi From Being Elected

Igbo Elders Consultative Forum led by a former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has condemned in strong terms the five-day sit-at-home  order declared by Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based protégé of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and  urged southeast residents to ignore it.

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Igbo Elders Consultative Forum led by a former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has condemned in strong terms the five-day sit-at-home  order declared by Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based protégé of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and  urged southeast residents to ignore it.
Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday night, Ezeife, alleged that the declaration was sponsored by some faceless individuals in government and other unpatriotic elements who do not wish Ndigbo well, to truncate the scheduled 2023 general election in the South-East, which the group is optimistic that patriotic and progressive Nigerians will elect Peter Obi of the Labour Party as the next President of the country.
“The Igbo Elders Consultative Forum has always believed that some faceless individuals in government and other unpatriotic elements who do not wish Ndigbo well, and have been working hard with collaborators to truncate the scheduled 2023 general election in the South-East are behind the purported sit-at-home order in the zone.
“The scheduled February 2023 presidential election will be historic in Nigeria because we are optimistic that patriotic and progressive Nigerians will elect Peter Obi of the Labour Party as the next President of this country in a free, fair and credible election. Hence, elements must never be allowed to use the purported sit-at-home order to truncate next year general election”, he said.
Furthermore, the Igbo elders also called on the Independent Electoral Commission to take necessary measures to provide a level playing ground for all the political parties and their candidates as well as conduct a free, fair and credible election in 2023.

“The people of the South-East, both at home and in diaspora, should all collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards and ensure effective participation in the electoral process of next year,”

Also speaking, the Secretary of the forum, Prof. Charles Nwekeaku, maintained that it was the firm belief of Igbo elders that the release of Kanu was central to peace process initiatives in the South-East, as well as the conduct of a free, fair and credible election in the zone next year.

He said, “The moment Kanu is released; no person will hide under IPOB and similar organisations to impose any draconian sit-at-home order on our people. We still ask the Federal Government to obey the unanimous and laudable ruling of the Court of Appeal and release our son, Nnamdi Kanu. The Court of Appeal had in a unanimous and historic judgment cleared Kanu of the remaining seven of the original 15 count-terrorism charges against him.

“Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, FCT, Abuja had earlier quashed 8 of the original 15 charges against Mr Kanu. The honorable thing for the Federal Government to do now is to release Kanu, and stop this wide goose appeal at the Supreme Court.”

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