By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on bloggers and media houses to desist from linking it with Finland-based Simon Ekpa.

It described Ekpa as a self professed content creator, noting that linking the group with him is a slight on IPOB.

The group in a statement by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful on Tuesday said that Ekpa is a person that declared himself as Biafra Prime Minister of a Finland based phantom, Biafra Government in Exile.

While expressing worry that media houses are connecting IPOB to such a person, the group added,

?The phantom Biafra Government in Exile is not part of the IPOB nomenclature and persistent association of these content creators to the legitimate aspirations of Biafrans championed by the great IPOB worldwide should not be muddled up to serve a dangerous intent of tarnishing the impeccable image of IPOB.

?Media houses are enjoined to stop referencing the content creator in Finland prison to IPOB.

?If the media houses continue joining the content creator to the great family of IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu, we are going to refer them as those who are fighting to destroy peaceful IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

?IPOB is not part of them and Nigerian media and bloggers should stop linking Ekpa to IPOB. They have declared their freedom and independence and mentioned their created states and what remained now will be telling public their seats of powers in Biafraland.?

It said that IPOB remains what it were from the beginning and will not shift ground until Biafra Independence is fully announced by the United Nations.

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