Kanu ends all sit-at-home, warns Ekpa

<p>The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday ordered that all Sit-At-Home, including the Monday Sit-At-Home and other proposed Sit-at-Home be ended.</p>, <p>In a Special Public Announcement, addressed to “The General Public and Media Institutions”, through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor and titled, “Direct Order: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu hereby ends all Sit-At-Home including the Monday Sit-At-Home and an other proposed Sit-at-Home”, the order read:</p>, <p>“This Public Announcement bears (as shall be reproduced below) the unedited, verbatim Instructions containing a Direct Order personally issued by MAZI NNAMDI KANU in his own handwriting on 24th July, 2023 through me to MAZI SIMON EKPA, instructing him to ‘desist from calling for any Sit-at-Home henceforth’ and ‘to make a public announcement to the effect that he (Mazi Simon Ekpa) is in receipt of a direct order from him (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) to cancel any pending Sit-at-Home in place at the moment’ and also that he (Mazi Nnamdi KAnu) has, by the same order, ‘authorized me to issue a press statement if he (Mazi Simon Ekpa) fails to make this announcement on his platform’.</p>, <p>“For avoidance of doubt, this Direct Order was personally handed to me by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu when | visited him on the said 24th July, 2023 at the headquarters of the Department of State Security (DSS), Abuja. Later that day, | tried to contact Mazi Simon Ekpa via his WhatsApp number but could not reach him until 1:44AMthe following day (25th July, 2023), whereupon | snapped the Direct Order as written and sent to him. He thereafter acknowledged receipt and we spoke briefly on it and exchanged a couple text messages thereof.</p>, <p>“Since that early 25th July, 2023 (when | conveyed the Order to Mazi EKPA and he duly acknowledged it, he has not implemented the Order or otherwise made such announcement on his media platform. Nonetheless, | made a conscious decision to give him the benefit of doubt and thereby accord him more time to do the needful.</p>, <p>“Then,