The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any link with Simon Ekpa, and said any narrative linking his personal downfall to IPOB is a deliberate misinformation, a calculated lie and deceptive.
IPOB in a statement by its Publicity Secretary Comrade Emma Powerful, said even Ekpa admitted that he is a content creator and not a member of IPOB.
Simon Ekpa was on Monday jailed for six years for terrorism by Finnish court.
IPOB in the statement, noted that it had testified under oath in the Finnish court that Simon Ekpa has never held any position in IPOB or ESN.
“Ekpa himself under oath described himself merely as a ‘content creator,’ admitted he disowned IPOB, and boasted that he would destroy IPOB.
“Ekpa created his own parallel contraptions: ‘Biafra Government in Exile,’ ‘Biafra Liberation Army (BLA),’ and ‘Biafra Defence Force (BDF)’, entities repudiated and condemned by IPOB,” Powerful stated.
He added that linking Ekpa with IPOB by the Nigerian state is smear campaign and diversionary tactic, aimed at contaminating the upcoming ruling on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s no-case submission before Justice James Omotosho, which has been adjourned to October 10 this year.
IPOB wants the world to ask the Nigeria government the unexplained delay in delivering judgement in the case since the Federal Government failed to establish a prima facie case against Nnamdi Kanu.
“The answer is obvious: they are buying time to inject irrelevant and extraneous narratives like Ekpa’s conviction, in a bid to corrupt judicial reasoning,” IPOB spokesperson alleged.
He said delay is not only justice but judicial hostage-taking, “a weaponisation of the courts to sustain persecution.”
He called on global actors of conscience – the European Union and the Finnish government to ensure that their judicial findings are not misrepresented.
“The Finnish court exonerated IPOB of any link to Simon Ekpa. We demand clarity be issued to Nigeria to stop this malicious misuse,” he demanded.
Powerful noted that the United Kingdom and the United States of America had condemned Nigeria’s extraordinary rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya, adding that “If you are true to your principles, you must also condemn this latest charade – an attempt to derail a fair trial by importing lies.”
IPOB spokesperson told the United Nations that the Nigerian government is persecuting a self-determination leader in violation of the UN Charter.
“IPOB reminds the UN that silence in the face of weaponised judiciary is complicity,” he said.
Powerful however stated IPOB is a peaceful movement registered under international law, committed to lawful self-determination, and said the trial of Nnamdi Kanu case “is not about IPOB’s legitimacy; it is about the persecution of one man, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for daring to demand freedom through peaceful means.
“Simon Ekpa’s conviction is his burden and his alone. IPOB will never carry it.
“We warn Justice James Omotosho and the Nigerian judiciary (that) the eyes of the world are upon you.
“On 10 October 2025, the only acceptable outcome is one grounded in law and fact.
“Any judgement influenced by this manufactured smokescreen will be rejected as null and void by history, by law, and by the international community.
“Nigeria stands today at the bar of world opinion. Persist in this fraud, and you confirm yourselves a rogue state where the rule of law is dead,” he warned.
