Simon Ekpa, a Biafra agitator, recently addressed the
United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) in a letter, in which he accused the
Nigerian government of rigging the presidential election that was held on
February 25th. According to Ekpa, Peter Obi of the Labour Party won the
election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner.
Ekpa went on to berate Information Minister Lai
Mohammed for lying about the elections, and accused him of junketing and
calling for a ban on all fundraising activities of the indigenous people of
Biafra, with threats of sanctions. Ekpa claimed that Mohammed failed to
disclose that Peter Obi of the LP won the presidential election and that the
government and its subservient electoral body declared the ruling APC candidate,
Tinubu, as the winner.
Ekpa noted that even the UN has admitted that the
general elections in Nigeria “revealed ethnic, religious, demographic fault
lines in Nigeria”. He added that this position somehow captures the situation
of Nigeria that needs urgent redress through a referendum.
Ekpa also stated that when Obi’s running mate, Yusuf
Datti Baba-Ahmed, cited election irregularities, Mohammed “through his
broadcasting commission slammed a N5 million fine on the television station”.
On the election in Lagos State, the secessionist said
Obi defeated Tinubu, despite the disenfranchisement of “Biafra people”. He
added that “state-sponsored political thugs went on a rampage, burning down the
markets where the Biafra people are dominant and their businesses. Another
market was burned in Maiduguri (capital of Borno) where Eastern (Biafra) people
do their businesses. Almost all big markets have been burned down by a
combination of government security agencies and the terrorist Fulani herdsmen
conducting economic jihad.”
Ekpa also informed the UN that killings are still
going on while the burning of homes, markets, and churches is being perpetrated
by government-sponsored terrorists and arsonists in state uniforms. On the
Eastern Security Network (ESN), Ekpa said the group made up of volunteer
indigenous youths was formed against “state-sponsored terrorists’ herdsmen and
their accomplices in the military”.
