IPOB Announce New Leader To Replace Nnamdi Kanu | READ DETAILS

The leadership vacuum created by the absence of Kanu who has been in detention since June 27, 2021, warranted the IPOB, to appoint Chika Edoziem as their acting leader.

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The IPOB in a statement signed by it's media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, maintained that Edoziem would be leader of the group in acting capacity until Kanu is released from detention and he hands back leadership position to him.

The statement read in part;

"For the avoidance of doubt, the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (DOS) headed by Mazi Chika Edoziem is at the helm of affairs of the Biafra movement. Whenever our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, comes out, he hands over the IPOB structure back to him.

"The DOS gives letters to our people for asylum, and every government in the world accepts them and grants asylum to such asylum seekers, and they communicate with IPOB. There is no other government more than thatÔÇØ

"We, the global movement and noble family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to reiterate once again to Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom across the globe that IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu has not set up any Government In Exile (GIE).

"We, therefore, dissociate ourselves completely from the purported government in exile.

"IPOB has legitimate and well-established Institutions and a well-structured administrative hierarchy that oversees the day-to-day running of Biafra affairs.

"Already, all diplomatic missions and countries of the world know about the Biafra agitation and they communicate with IPOB as the responsible authority that oversees the affairs of the Biafran people, be it nationally or internationally.ÔÇØ