The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday invited the Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Leena Pylvanainen, over threats by Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, to stop this year’s general election in the Southeast.
Ekpa, a factional leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has repeatedly declared sit-at-home orders across the Southeast, insisting that there would be no election in the region this year.
The IPOB agitator recently declared a sit-at-home from February 23 to 28, apparently to stop the conduct of the 2023 general election in the region.
He said the sit-at-home orders and stopping this year’s polls in the region would help his faction of the IPOB to achieve the sovereign state of Biafra for Igbo-speaking people in the Southeast and the Southsouth.
Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama met with the Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs. Pylvanainen, to discuss the threats by the factional IPOB leader.
The minister expressed displeasure over the sit-at-home orders by Ekpa to his followers, who he said consequently embarked on killings, maiming, burning and other destructive activities.
Onyeama, who was represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, said Ekpa’s action was fast becoming a threat to the forthcoming elections.