“CDS is happy with his arrest in Finland, with the hope this will be a step towards his extradition to Nigeria so that he will face justice,” he said.
He appealed to Mr Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on poverty and hunger in the country.
“This is an absolute disgrace,” Mr Powerful stressed.
“A Biafran Republic agitator and Outlawed IPOB counsel defending the suspended CBN governor. Is IPOB defending one of theirs?” the tweet partly read.
In accepting IPOB’s denial, which seemed to have come from a faction of the secessionist movement, the opposition leader appeared to be ignoring the public statement of Simon Ekpa.
Mr Mbah has threatened to shut down schools and markets, observing the one-week sit-at-home order by the IPOB faction.
“The command…regrets that a convoy of such or any related will enter the state without recourse to the police in the area or any security agency.”
Mr Tinubu, at various campaign rallies, had also promised to build on the achievements of the Burahi regime.
Mr Obi, who had been promising to run a democratic government if given the chance, said the proscribed group had been agitating legitimately.
The group called on the government at every levels to reduce the vast population of Nigerians living in poverty.
