Biafra agitator, Ekpa threatens Shell, other oil firms in S’East over sit-at-home order

Self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), Simon Ekpa, has issued a warning to oil companies operating in the South East against disregarding his sit-at-home orders saying they will have themselves to blame.

The Finland-based leader of breakaway Biafra group, IPOB Auto-Pilot who gave the warning on Monday, insisted that the Monday sit-at-home order he issued was still in existence despite denouncements by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

In a statement on his Twitter handle, Ekpa told the oil companies to ignore information circulating that the sit-at-home order has been called off as.

He also warned that oil companies heeding the false claims of the sit-at-home cancellation and resuming operations would face severe consequences as he alone had the mandate of the Biafran people to reverse the decision as the Biafran prime minister.

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“Good afternoon, good morning Biafrans all over the world,” he said in the video.

“This particular message goes to the oil-producing companies in the world operating within Biafran countries from Shell down to the lowest.

“Our attention has been drawn to the fact that the expelled criminals in the Biafran movement are circulating to oil companies that there is nothing like sit-at-home.

“I want to put it as a warning, every oil company in the Biafran territory, the only government that is operational, functional and that is legit and to which the Biafran people are loyal to is the Biafran government in exile to which I am the prime minister.

“We have not called off any sit-at-home. We have not canceled the sit-at-home. We have not gotten our freedom. Nnamdi Kanu has not been released. The demand in the letter we wrote to you people has not been met.

“So if anybody comes to you to tell you that the sit-at-home has been canceled and you start operation, I swear with the spirit of those that died in the 60s that from that day you will not be able to produce or exploit any oil in the Biafran.

“We are going to face all of you from A-Z because of the money you are projecting into the economy of Nigeria that they are using to buy arms and jets to come to bombard us. So, we are going to stop them by stopping you.

“We have not gotten to you but we are coming. So, what I’m trying to say here is that the Biafran government has not canceled the sit-in at home. The sit-at-home continues until the demands in our letter are met.

“From today being Monday, the oil producing companies, you must make sure you shut down the production until the 18th of this month. And every Monday sit-at-home.

“If you open, you are going to have the Biafran people to contend with. We own the land, not you. You are exploiting oil from our land. We own it. You don’t own the oil and you don’t own the land. You may have the contract and agreement with the Nigerian government and that is still under review,” he said.

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