{"id":14499,"date":"2023-01-16T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=14499"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:41:26","slug":"south-east-ipob-declares-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=14499","title":{"rendered":"South-East: IPOB declares lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">South-East: IPOB declares lockdown<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has announced its plan to shut down the South East.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">This pronouncement was made by the self-proclaimed disciple of the detained leader of IPOB, Simon Ekpa In a tweet on Monday, that the entire land of \u201cBiafra will be locked down on 23rd and 24th of January 2023 in protest\u201d against the detention of the IPOB leader.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ekpa has repeatedly pledged allegiance to Kanu and support for Biafra agitation, despite leading a faction of the IPOB called \u201cAutopilots\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cBased on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s current health condition, the Court of Appeal judgment discharging him, Umuahia court judgement and Gov Soludo\u2019s recent call for his release, we are giving the FGN between now and 22nd of January 2023 to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFailure to do that, the entire land of Biafra will be locked down on 23rd and 24th of January 2023 in protest, \u201d according to the tweet<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Recall that in December 2022, the media reported that thousands of Nigerians called for the arrest of Ekpa following the five-day sit-at-home order declared by him that led to the killing of some residents in the Southeast region.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The petitioners called on the Finnish government, Nigerian government and the European Union to arrest Ekpa, the brains behind the order.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since June 2021 when he was re-arrested in Kenya and returned to Nigeria by the Nigerian government for continued trial on treasonable felony and terrorism charges pressed against him by the government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On October 13, 2022, a three-man panel of Court of Appeal judges in their unanimous decision ruled that Kanu\u2019s rendition from Kenya was illegal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The court also discharged and acquitted Kanu of all the charges and ordered his immediate and unconditional release from detention.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Working Group in its report on July 20, 2022 described the IPOB leader\u2019s extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021 as \u201cillegal, unlawful, unconstitutional extradition\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It also called for his immediate release and compensation by the Nigerian and Kenyan governments for the way he was treated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the document, the body also indicted both Nigeria and Kenya for Kanu\u2019s abduction and rendition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Despite the call by the UN Working Group and court judgement, the Nigerian government has failed to release the IPOB leader.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Simon Ekpa rose to prominence in July 2021, after he was announced as the lead broadcaster of Radio Biafra but shortly after his appointment, IPOB announced his disengagement because of his refusal to sign the rules of engagement in the operation of the radio station.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South-East: IPOB declares lockdown Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has announced its plan to shut down the South East. 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