A member of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Simon Ekpa, a calls himself “Nnamdi Kanu’s disciple on Biafra restoration”, on Saturday said he will return the medal he won during the time he represented Nigeria as a sportsman.

According to diaspora-based Ekpa, a professional athlete who represented Nigeria at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships, he is now “putting everything I have to the disintegration of Nigeria”.

The pro-Biafra agitator was reacting to a letter he claimed he received from the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), Nigeria, nominating him for a fellowship. Ekpa who said he’d not accept the invitation by IMC, didn’t hold back in slamming the Nigerian nation.

"STOP NOMINATING ME FOR ANYTHING NIGERIA!

I REJECT YOUR NOMINATION IMC-NIGERIA!!

I HAVE DENOUNCED NIGERIA LONG EGO AND I AM WORKING WITH MAZI NNAMDI KANU AND OTHER WELL MEANING BIAFRANS AND ODUDUWAS TO DISSOLVE NIGERIA

“This is the highest grade of the Institute’s Membership and is reserved for accomplished professionals of your level and status in the profession.”

I reject your nomination publicly, this is the second time the IMC-Nigeria is nominating me whatever reason. I am not interested in your nomination, I am not interested in your award, I am not interested in anything that will move Nigeria forward because Nigeria is not structured nor created to move forward, so anybody trying to move Nigeria forward is already a failure.

Let me give you a brief brake down on these failures:

Awolowo, Zik, Ahmedu Bello, Abiola, Obasanjo, Jonathan and every other person that have held any political position in Nigeria from 1960 to 2021 has all failed because they didn’t realise that Nigeria were never created to move forward.

I am now putting everything I have to the disintegration of Nigeria and restoration of Biafra as that is the only way to move forward, anything outside this, don’t bring my name.

Finally I will be returning every award given to me in Nigeria by Nigeria state or organisation within Nigeria acting in the capacity of representing Nigeria, including medal given to me by Nigeria will be returned to the Ministry of Sport Abuja in the nearest future.

I am Simon Ekpa, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Disciple on Biafra Restoration."