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Coup: Simon Ekpa calls on Igbos in Niger Republic to denounce Nigeria.

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9 months ago

August 11, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

Coup: Simon Ekpa calls on Igbos in Niger Republic to denounce Nigeria.

Biafra agitator and separatist Simon Ekpa has urged Nigerian immigrants of Igbo extraction in the Republic of Niger to “denounce” Nigeria and declare themselves “Biafrans to avoid being killed.”

Legal Attorney Blog reported that the military junta in Niger severed ties with Nigeria after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) efforts to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum failed.

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On Friday, the Nigerian embassy in Niamey was set ablaze, barely 24 hours after ECOWAS ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger.

Reacting, Ekpa, on his Twitter handle, wrote: “BRGIE @BiafraRGIE BREAKING.

We are calling on all Biafrans residing in the Niger Republic to immediately denounce Nigeria and start introducing yourselves as Biafrans to avoid being killed.”