Sunny Akparawa, the Minister of Information under the former leadership of Simon Ekpa, has dismissed the recent announcement by Dr. Ngozi Orabueze, the new leader of the Biafra Government in Exile, regarding the commencement of recruitment into the Biafra Defense Force.
Akparawa, who hails from Akwa Ibom, will be agitating for Biafra in his own state, following the warning of other South-Eastern region to stay out of their states, describing them as unknown gunmen, killing and kidnapping innocent people.
Dr. Ngozi Orabueze, from Anambra, will on focus her agitation on her own state as she has been warned not to step her foot in other states, announced the recruitment exercise in a statement she personally signed on Friday. She stated, “Conscription/Recruitment of interested Biafrans into the Biafra Security, BLA, BDF, Airforce, Navy opened – USB Defence Secretary.” However, Akparawa described this recruitment as an attempt by Orabueze to destroy the Biafra Defense Force.
Akparawa urged supporters to ignore Orabueze’s call, accusing her of attempting to dismantle the Biafra Defense Forces. He stated, “The Nigerian politician Evil Ngozi woman first assignment given to you by Nigerian people’s Club of Nigeria was to start destroying BIAFRA DEFENCE FORCES @DhqrsBLF by forming a new set of armed groups: you are dead on arrival. Biafrans Ignore this madness because there’s only one Biafra Defence Forces unveiled in Helsinki on the mandate of Biafran people in October 2023. Ngozi has come for destruction.”
Dr. Orabueze, a former Chief of Staff to Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Government in Exile, took over leadership after Ekpa was imprisoned by the Finnish Government for terror-related activities. Ekpa was taken into custody in November along with four others suspected to be his financiers. A Finnish court has scheduled Ekpa’s trial for May 2025, where he will face charges related to alleged terrorism activities.
