Gani Adams insisted that South West is not a part of “Biafra” and that outsiders cannot dictate to Lagosians
Kehinde Okeowo
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams has advised factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, against ordering a sit-at-home protest in Lagos State.
The Finnish-based ethnic propagandist in a recent social media post, encouraged those sympathetic to the course of IPOB to get ready for a sit-at-home protest in Lagos, after the enforcement of the ones in the South East.
According to him, the exercise is part of the actions required to secure the release of incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Ekpa, taking to his Twitter page, wrote: “Biafrans in Lagos should get ready to be part of the demand to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We are coming to Lagos after the two-week-long sit at home.
“It is time to show your solidarity to this call for justice. Biafrans in Lagos will lock down. The consultation will start soon,”
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However, reacting to the post in a recent interview with Tribune, Gani Adams cautioned the Biafra advocate, against “repeating the mistake of the 1970s”.
He went on to remind him that the South-West is not a part of “the Biafra Republic’ and as such, it is out of place for outsiders to dictate or impose their will on the people of the region.
Adams further said while Ekpa is entitled to his opinion, he ought to know his limits.
He said: “I can’t go to the South East now and say I want to decide for the people of that region. So, it is not possible to import the South-East agenda into Yorubaland. It would be counter-productive. We advise him (Ekpa) to drop that idea.
“He should not try that. The South West is not Biafra Republic. Any attempt to impose the Biazsfra Republic agenda will be resisted. He should desist from repeating the mistake of the 1970s. He should be very, very careful.
“They are entitled to their opinion, but South West is not their Biafran region. He should be very, very careful,”