Human rights lawyer and lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has stated that thousands of promising Igbo youths have been murdered in the South East due to the influence of Simon Ekpa’s false prophets and violent preaching.
Ejiofor in a statement titled "Midweek Musing: Strange Blood in Ala-Igbo; When the Pen Becomes Deadlier Than the Sword" commended the recent conviction and sentencing of Simon Ekpa a serial fraudster masquerading as a liberator by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland on 1 September 2025.
He said this event has once again lifted the veil, exposing the disturbing bloodshed occurring in parts of Ala-Igbo.
According to Ejiofor, while some perpetrators have committed atrocities using machetes and guns, others,perhaps more dangerous have inflicted a graver harm with their words and keyboards.
These include promoters, apologists, and social-media enablers who glorify crime and cloak terrorism in the false guise of agitation.
Ejiofor issued a stern warning to those who follow Simon Ekpa’s drumbeat online, cautioning that the same fire they fan today may consume them tomorrow. He noted that many before them have already fallen victim to this destructive pattern, declaring, “It is only a matter of time.”
He said that the struggle must be purified, the methodology scrutinized, and the character of those leading it critically assessed.
Above all, Ejiofor insisted that the blood of the innocent must never again be shed in the name of freedom.
Statement reads: "The recent conviction and sentencing of Simon Ekpa, a serial fraudster masquerading as a liberator, by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland on 1 September 2025, has once again torn the veil and exposed the strange blood flowing through parts of Ala-Igbo. While some carried out atrocities with machetes and guns, others, perhaps more dangerous, have inflicted a worse sacrilege with their tongues and keyboards: the promoters, the apologists, the social-media enablers who have glorified crime and cloaked terrorism in the false garment of agitation.
For years Ala-Igbo has bled profusely from the devastation and carnage unleashed by Simon Ekpa and his foot soldiers. No family, clan or kindred has been spared. Nearly every household has a story, a brother butchered, a sister shot, a mother abducted, a friend or even a distant relative gruesomely murdered. The rivers of blood that have flowed across our land are not abstract tales; they are personal tragedies etched into the memories of Ndi Igbo.
What deepens the wound is that, after every bloody outing, Simon Ekpa mounted his online pulpit not to console or condemn, but to celebrate. He glorified the fear his agents sowed, boasted of their “successes,” and urged yet more terror. Today, his cheerleaders online clap for him and defend the indefensible, even when he posts grisly evidence of executions and barbarism on Igbo soil. Can such horrors ever find a place in a genuine agitation for freedom?
The irony is painful. IPOB’s Directorate of State (DOS), the movement’s administrative organ of leadership, publicly and repeatedly denounced Simon Ekpa, distanced the global peaceful movement from his acts, and made clear that his conduct was not theirs. A massive protest was organized, supervised, and carried out in Finland by the Directorate of State. A strongly worded petition was also submitted to the Finnish Government, detailing the heinous activities of Simon Ekpa and affirming that he has no affiliation whatsoever with the peaceful global movement, and investigations were opened. Ndi Igbo in Finland faced scrutiny over his activities. Yet some among us shamelessly ignore these facts, preferring instead to elevate Simon’s lies above truth and reason.
Our political class is no less complicit. Many so-called leaders, by their silence or covert association, have given oxygen to Simon’s fire. Tell me: how many Igbo politicians have publicly spoken about his conviction? Their lips are sealed; their consciences bought by cowardice, complicity or convenience. But that, perhaps, is a tale for another day.
Still, the central question remains: for how long shall Ndi Igbo live under the tyranny of fear? How many more mothers must wail before our elites rise to their responsibility? How many graves shall be dug before truth is spoken with courage? Evil thrives where good men keep silent, and today’s silence will be tomorrow’s complicity.
Permit me to remind you: I personally took Simon Ekpa to court in Nigeria to challenge his falsehoods and defamatory crusade. The case subsists. He was duly served with originating processes; yet, as is his character, he chose lies, deception and manipulation to mislead his gullible followers, including those who should know better.
I will never lend my voice to fraud, nor will I keep silent while impostors deceive our people with poisonous gospel under the guise of liberation.
Let it be clearly stated that the struggle for Biafra is divinely ordained; no mortal can quench that flame. The right of indigenous peoples to self-determination is recognised under international law, and indeed enshrined within Nigerian law. That right is sacrosanct and inalienable. But the method matters. A just cause cannot be pursued with unjust means.
Ala-Igbo has lost thousands of promising youths because of false prophets preaching violence. Yes, leadership failure in Nigeria created fertile ground for vulnerability, but murder, kidnapping and terror can never be the balm for our pain. They are crimes, condemned both before God and before man.
To those who dance to Simon’s drumbeat online, let me sound a solemn warning: the same fire you fan today may consume you tomorrow. Many before you have already fallen victim to this evil pattern. It is only a matter of time.
The struggle must be purified. The methodology must be interrogated. The character of those who lead must be weighed. And the blood of the innocent must never again be shed in the name of freedom. "
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