IPOB: Former Nigerian Athlete Simon Ekpa To Return Medal

Posted by Ignatius Okpara Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Simon Ekpa, an athlete who represented Nigeria at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships, says he is no longer a Nigerian and he has vowed to return the medal he won for the country.

Ekpa disclosed this in a Facebook post on Sunday, saying that leaders have failed the country.

According to Ekpa, his action is in line with the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra as he vowed to “put everything I have to the disintegration of Nigeria”.

Ekpa disclosed this as he reacted to a letter he claimed he received from the Institute of Management Consultants , Nigeria, nominating him for a fellowship.

Ekpa said: “I reject your nomination publicly, this is the second time the IMC-Nigeria is nominating me for 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 break 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 was 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 Sports Abuja in the nearest future.

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