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| No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 1:38pm On Jan 03 |
Debunking the Claim: "Gentle De Yahoo is an ESN member" The claim that Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta (alias Gentle De Yahoo) is solely a member of the Biafra Liberation Army (BLA) and has no connection to IPOB/ESN . While substantial evidence shows he aligned with the Simon Ekpa-led splinter faction and the BLA, Nigerian authorities consistently classify him as an IPOB/ESN operative, and the pro-Biafra movement remains deeply fractured. Key Facts Supporting the Distinction (BLA/Ekpa Affiliation) Gentle De Yahoo publicly identified as a commander in the Biafra Liberation Army (BLA), a militant group created and promoted by Simon Ekpa (the Finland-based agitator convicted of terrorism charges in 2025). Ekpa's faction (often called "Autopilot" or Biafra Republic Government in Exile – BRGIE) emerged as a splinter from the mainstream IPOB after Nnamdi Kanu's 2021 arrest. The BLA is explicitly described as its armed wing, separate from IPOB's Eastern Security Network (ESN). IPOB has repeatedly disowned both Ekpa and the BLA, calling them "criminal gangs" or "double agents" sponsored to discredit the movement. IPOB's spokesperson (Emma Powerful) and lawyer (Ifeanyi Ejiofor) explicitly denied Gentle De Yahoo's membership following his September 2025 arrest, stating he had publicly renounced ties to Kanu's group and operated under Ekpa. Videos and statements from Gentle De Yahoo himself showed him pledging allegiance to Ekpa, enforcing violent sit-at-homes, and engaging in activities (e.g., kidnappings, killings) that mainstream IPOB condemns as criminal exploitation of the Biafra cause. SOURCE: https://thenicheng.com/self-proclaimed-biafra-commander-general-gentle-accused-of-shooting-to-death-3-teenage-boys-over-unauthorised-use-of-ak-47-for-robbery/?referrer=grok.com |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by gawu1: 2:06pm On Jan 03 |
What makes a difference between Boko Haram and ISWAP? Both are terrorist groups. It will amount to a fruitless effort to attempt to create a difference between the two groups. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 2:56pm On Jan 03 |
gawu1:if youre trying to compare them to boko haram and ISWAP youre a laughing matter. What common does boko haram and iswap have with esn/ipob? if were serious about labelling esn/ipob as terrorist why did uk withdraw them from the list of terrorist organization? |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by CHIEFCHICKEN: 3:30pm On Jan 03 |
Why not walk up to ND headquarters and tell them this information yourself? |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by helinues: 4:33pm On Jan 03 |
He was a herdsmen from Danladi in Sokoto |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by helinues: 4:34pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:They are both terrorists making orders when they are not in any position to do that |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 4:54pm On Jan 03 |
helinues:IPOB "Terrorists" proscribed by only Nigeria and Nigeria territory alone |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by helinues: 4:55pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:Who should have declared them a terrorist? The Japanese? |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by chiagozien(m): 5:02pm On Jan 03 |
Gentle yahoo is zo0 government sponsored criminal. They allowed him to operate freely and take him out when they think he has completed his job. Every reasonable person knows this. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by chiagozien(m): 5:06pm On Jan 03 |
gawu1:What makes a difference between Yorubas and fulanis terrorists herdmen? What is difference between Yorubas and Boko Haram group? |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by chiagozien(m): 5:07pm On Jan 03 |
helinues:Noooo he was Amotekum Terrorist. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by chiagozien(m): 5:09pm On Jan 03 |
helinues:Just like terrorist APC members according to Canada? |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Burob: 5:09pm On Jan 03 |
chiagozien:Same as Nnamdi Kanu a zoo criminal sponsored against massob to hijack the true Biafra struggle. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Burob: 5:13pm On Jan 03 |
chiagozien:Go and tell them in Canada that u ordinary Nigerian is not in support of the APC government, that the other political party that u support are not terrorists. To prove that u are not a terrorist, go and apply for Canadian visitors visa, if they issue u then we know that you not a terrorist. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by LottiOk: 5:19pm On Jan 03 |
Ipob can lie, is it not the same Gentle d yahoo who was Ikonso's 2ic and took over from him when he was sent off to hell by FG ⁉️ Isn't it because he went rouge when he wasn't getting funds and stopped taking orders from Ipob dos "Chinasa Nworu" and turned to Ekpa who was raising funds through donations for them to keep carrying out their diabolic and babaric acts on the poor people of the SE ⁉️ Whether they changed names,it still doesn't change the fact that he was once within the Ipob/esn outfit created by Kanu before he went rouge. Kwupunu eziokwu ka Ani ghara itigbu unu. Gentle d yahoo was a full fledged member of Ipob/esn and below is the proof
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| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by chiagozien(m): 5:21pm On Jan 03 |
Burob:Go to Canada,US, Germany and other civilized Countries that IPOB operates without any harassment,tell them IPOB are terrorists. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by chiagozien(m): 5:22pm On Jan 03 |
Burob:Ofeke talk 🤣😂😂 |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 5:23pm On Jan 03 |
helinues:The same Nigerian government who tried to get the uk and the usa to get ipob to be recognized as terrorist organizations?https://www.gazetteafrica.com/2025/12/us-uk-reject-nigerias-bid-to-label-ipob_11.html |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Burob: 5:25pm On Jan 03 |
chiagozien:
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| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 5:27pm On Jan 03 |
[quote author=Burob post=138005693][/quote]AI Slop |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by DomPerignon: 5:29pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:He asked you a very simple and valid question and you began twisting an answer like the born liars that you are. What is the difference between Boko Haram and ISWAP? Are they not both jihadist terrorist organizations? Ekpa, Gentle , BLA and ESN are all the same offsprings of the terrorist organization known as IPOB. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Burob: 5:29pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:They are local terrorists, their agitation is not intentional. One man’s terrorist, may be another man’s freedom fighter, here in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, they are a terrorist organization, hence your leader is serving a life sentence for terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 5:33pm On Jan 03 |
Burob:So why did Nigeria TRY to get IPOB to be labeled as terrorists in another man country? |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 5:35pm On Jan 03 |
DomPerignon:Talking arrat nonsense provide me evidence that BLA or ekpa or gentle are offpring from IPOB |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by helinues: 5:37pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:Answer my question and stop foaming in the mouth |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by CHIEFCHICKEN: 5:39pm On Jan 03 |
chiagozien:You cant hide it, yoruba is your source of jealousy |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by DomPerignon: 5:56pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:On his last recorded broadcast from his Radio Biafra studio in London before he flew to Kenya , Kanu had sacked and dissolved his entire IPOB board and warned his listeners and supporters not to transact with them that they were no longer part of IPOB. Kanu then introduced Simon Ekpa live on air as his annionted heir who will be broadcasting in his absence. Simon Ekpa made several broadcasts on Radio Biafra until the guys whom kanu sacked wrestled Radio Biafra from him and took over the operation cutting Simon from broadcasting from Finland. Those same guys are the ones who notified the Nigerian govt of kanu's movement to Kenya if you don't know. The buhari govt paid them handsomely for their betrayal of their once revered supreme leader and director. Ekpa knew all this and activated his own autopilot and had ESN members join his BLA. There was even a war in Anambra between IPOB ESN members which saw to the one loyal to Ekpa killed by the turncoats that took over IPOB after they sold kanu to the FG. If you like you can lie to yourself and everyone around you that Ekpa, BLA and Gentle are not IPOB. By the way, the group lobbying Trump to invade Nigeria are remnants of Ekpa's Biafra Government in Exile. Are you now going to deny that same set of IPOB because they are under Ekpa and his autopilot faction? Born liars you all are. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 7:35pm On Jan 03 |
DomPerignon:There is no verified recording where Nnamdi Kanu clearly dissolves the entire IPOB leadership or board. No full audio, no date, and no official IPOB statement exists to support that claim. If such a broadcast truly happened, it would be publicly available and impossible to suppress. It is not. Kanu never officially appointed a successor. IPOB is not a monarchy and has no system of “heirs.” Allowing someone to speak on Radio Biafra does not make that person the next leader. Many people spoke on Radio Biafra over the years and none inherited leadership. Simon Ekpa did broadcast for a period, but broadcasting alone does not equal authority or succession. There was no written directive, constitutional change, or formal announcement naming him as leader in Kanu’s absence. The claim that those who later controlled Radio Biafra were “sacked” has never been proven. No documented expulsion was issued at the time, and no evidence shows they illegally seized the station. The allegation that IPOB officials sold Kanu out to the Buhari government remains unproven. No court judgment, no intelligence report, no Kenyan ruling, and no financial evidence has ever named IPOB insiders as collaborators in Kanu’s arrest. There is also no evidence that the Buhari government paid any IPOB members for betrayal. Such transactions leave trails — bank records, prosecutions, confessions — and none exist. Some individuals may have chosen to follow Simon Ekpa after Kanu’s arrest, but that does not mean ESN as an organization joined him. IPOB leadership has consistently stated that ESN remains under IPOB and has disowned Autopilot and BLA. Violence and unrest did occur in Anambra, but there is no independent confirmation that it was an organized war between Ekpa-loyal ESN and IPOB-loyal ESN. No verified command structure or factional declaration supports that narrative. Once Simon Ekpa was formally disowned and expelled by IPOB, he and groups aligned with him stopped being IPOB — regardless of shared ideology. Breakaway factions do not remain the parent organization simply because they claim the same cause. Lobby groups in the US do not equal a government in exile. Anyone can register a lobbying organization. No country, including the United States, recognizes any Biafra government in exile connected to Ekpa or any other faction. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Burob: 8:15pm On Jan 03 |
Disinfectant123:Senseless assumption. |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 9:06pm On Jan 03 |
Burob:In what way |
| Re: No Gentle De Yahoo Is Not An "ESN/IPOB" Member by Disinfectant123(op): 9:07pm On Jan 03 |
helinues:Already did, Mods deleted my message |
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