The Faceoff Between Senator Ifeanyi Uba and Simon Ekpa

If the threats of attacks and counter threats of revenge by non state actors in the South East of Nigeria are anything to go by, the development in Sudan may become a child's play with the kinds of fratricidal crises that may erupt in that region.


Emerging development in the region shows that there may be a dangerous implosion very soon in the unless urgent measures are taken to nip the issues on bud. In a viral video, a group which sounded same method of the Simon Ekpa version of Independent People of Biafra, IPOP, recently warned Sen. Ifeanyi Uba, representing Anambra South senatorial district, of the danger that awaits him if he continues to disrupt the Sit -at-Home order of IPOP. The group in the video vowed to deal mercilessly with anyone who disobey the order. The group pointedly accused Senator Uba of arming the youths of Nnewi, a commercial Town in Anambra state, with sophisticated weapons to resist the Sit-At-Home order. The only solutions to solving the Sit-At-Home order now, they said, is the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOP, who has been in detention for a while and not Uba's establishment of a counter force. They alleged that Uba's activities so far had confirmed the allegations that they held against him long time ago that he had a hand in the arrest in Kenya and incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu in Nigeria. They also accused Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state as a collaborative ally to Uba in frustrating the efforts to set Kanu free.


But Uba, in a well attended gathering at Nnewi, has threatened to venge his revenge on Simon Ekpa, acclaimed leader of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOP, in the absence of Kanu, who lives in Finland, should anything untoward happens to him or the people of his zone.


The threat by Uba this time stemmed from the earlier order by Ekpa declaring a total lockdown of the entire South East with almost a two week Sit-At-Home order, starting from first week of July. Uba bemoaned the fact that Ekpa would stay in his comfort zone in Finland and be declaring anarchy in the South East. Uba who claimed that Ekpa had singled him out for elimination reminded Ekpa that his own (Ekpa ) family, father, mother and siblings are still in Nigeria. Rather than threatening him and Anambra state, Uba advised Ekpa to take his threats to Ebonyi State where Ekpa is believed to have hailed from. Meanwhile, the governor of Enugu State, Peter Mba, despite serious apprehension in the state, has threatened to sanction anyone who obeys Ekpa's orders and abandone his duties.


In the same vain, Ebonyi state government, despite recent tensions created by those trying to enforce Ekpa's orders in the state, had assurred the people that they are in control and they should go about their normal business. A statement by the commissioner for information, Jude Ikpor tried to assure the people that government is ready to counter Ekpa orders. But events of July 4, where Gun wielding youths believed to be enforcers of Ekpa's order, took over the streets of Abakaliki, shooting, burning and disrupting commercial activities, without a single government resistance tend to leave the people in confusion which directives to now obey. The consensus however is that if the threats of the non state actors in the zone are not promptly managed, the fratricidal implosion that may occur in the region may not be controlled by government.

Source:
https://www.legislatorvoice.com/post/anarchy-chaos-looms-large-in-south-east-as-sen-uba-threatens-revenge-on-simon-ekpa

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