Biafra agitator and Finland-based lawyer who also serves as the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government, Simon Ekpa, on Wednesday announced a weeklong sit-at-home to demand the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Simon Ekpa in a statement disclosed that there will be a sit-at-home from July 3rd to 10th, 2023 which is a necessary step for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu and in preparation for Biafra’s referendum. 
Simeon Ekpa He urged all market leaders, companies and individuals in the southeast to comply. “The Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government-In-Homeland wish to notify Biafrans that there will be sit-at-home civil disobedience starting from 3rd July 2023 to 10th July 2023. There will be a break on 6th July 2023, where all Biafran markets will be open. The sit-at-home is for the following reasons: “Demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who remains illegally detained at the DSS dungeon; In preparation for Biafra’s self-referendum; To further put the world on notice that Biafrans are taking their future into their own hands; To demonstrate that the Biafra Republic Government In Exile remains the only legitimate government to whom the Biafran people listen and are loyal; To invalidate the illegitimacy of those who parade themselves as Nigeria’s representatives within the Biafran territory. “The sit-at-home will therefore take place in the following order: Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland; Thursday 6th July 2023 (Break), all Biafran markets will open; Friday 7th July 2023 to Monday 10th July 2023, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland. “We hereby call on all market leaders to strictly adhere to this order and treat it with utmost seriousness. We also call on all oil companies operating in the Biafran territory to shut down oil exploration on these dates to avoid the anger of the Biafran people, which may come with heavy consequences” the statement read.
Ohanaeze Criticises APC for Allocating a Deputy Speaker to South-East. Photo Credit: @Ohanaezendigboo: Twitter According to rumours, the APC is in favour of Barau Jibril serving as Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s deputy. The positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives have been assigned to Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu, respectively. According to a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the group opposed the decision to limit the South-East to hold the House’s second-highest seat. “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has watched with grave concern the zoning of principal officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Ohanaeze stated. We have also noted that the South East of Nigeria has been allocated by the All Peoples Congress (APC) for the position of deputy speaker. “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo states that allocating the position of deputy speaker to the South East is highly unreflective, disgusting, and provocative to the Igbo.” Then it instructed all Igbo-born federal lawmakers in Nigeria to cast their votes for the National Assembly’s top officials in the manner they deemed appropriate. To achieve this, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, under the leadership of Chief Engr. Dr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR (Ahaejiagamba), issues a directive to all Igbo legislators in the 10th National Assembly to cast their votes independently of their state, religion, or ethnicity.