The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a proscribed separatist group, has announced the suspension of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from holding office as Leader of IPOB and Director of Radio Biafra.
The decision followed a full-house meeting of the IPOB Directorate of State (DOS) on Wednesday, where intelligence reports regarding Kanu’s communications from Sokoto prison were reviewed.
In a statement signed by Mazi Chikadibia Edoziem, Head of the Directorate of State, IPOB declared that the DOS will now oversee the organisation’s affairs.
The leadership emphasized that IPOB was “formed and nurtured by a group of Biafrans in the Diaspora, not by any singular individual,” stressing that no one has the authority to dissolve the DOS, which remains the apex leadership structure.
According to the statement, the suspension was necessary to prevent “unchecked actions, reckless assumption of authority and unguarded utterances” that have allegedly led to arrests, torture, and deaths of IPOB members in Biafraland.
The group also raised concerns about monitored prison communications and alleged plots to establish a new militia that could trigger violence in the region.
The development came shortly after reports that Kanu had dissolved the Edoziem-led DOS and inaugurated a new administration, appointing US-based Mazi Chris Nwaọgụ as Head of the Directorate.
IPOB clarified that any criminal activity carried out under the suspended office will no longer be attributed to the organisation.
The DOS, originally established by Kanu in 2012, has previously been led by Dr. Justin Akujieze (United States), Mazi Uchenna Asiegbu (Spain), and Chika Edoziem (Switzerland), who assumed leadership in 2017 during Kanu’s earlier detention.
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