It’s not IPOB – Simon Ekpa reveals those behind attacks, destruction in South East

• Ekpa said “Nigeria is a very bad country, all of you are corrupt”
• He said politicians and governors are behind unrest and violence in the South East
• He disclosed that attack on Ugochinyere Ikenga, a house of rep member, was carried out by security agents

Finland-based Biafran separatist leader, Simon Ekpa, says his group, the Auto-pilot and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, are not behind the killings and destructions in the southeast.

Ekpa disclosed that governors and politicians are responsible for the upheaval and unrest in the beleaguered zone.

“It’s not IPOB that is causing the violence and the fear in the southeast. Sit-at-home is civil disobedience and not a violent measure” Ekpa said in an interview with Vanguard

He accused politicians of stockpiling arms and sponsoring thugs to hijack the sit-at-home to discredit the secessionist group.

He stated :”The same politicians are doing it. Politicians are mopping up arms and sponsoring armed groups. This is among the armed groups they are using to sabotage Biafra’s agitation and realisation of Biafra.

“Whenever we call for a sit-at-home, these people will unleash these armed groups to go and start causing problems to tag it Biafra, thinking that when they do that, we are going to run away.

” We have been shouting about it for a very long time. So, if you want to look for who are the people responsible for the violence in the South East, look at these armed people sponsored by politicians.

“Look at Ugochinyere Ikenga for example, a House of Representative member from Imo State; if you listened to his interview on Arise TV last time, his house was invaded, burnt. Cars were burnt to ashes, properties worth millions were destroyed and people were killed.

“The CCTV caught the people that came in and they happened to be the Nigerian security agents. If the CCTV was not there, they would accuse IPOB.

“One thing about you people is that you people are very corrupt. Nigeria is a very bad country, all of you are corrupt. You know the truth and you don’t want to say it.”