The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra -IPOB, has recently named the head of its Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, as its new acting leader.
The statement which was made in an announcement on Monday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated that Edoziem “would be acting pending when substantive leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently in detention in the Department of State Services facility in Abuja, gets back his freedom.”
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra -DOS headed by Mazi Chika Edoziem is at the head of affairs of the Biafra movement. Whenever our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu comes out, he hands over the IPOB structure back to him,” the statement read.
“The DOS presents letters to our people for asylum and every government in the world accepts them and grants refugee to such asylum seekers, and they communicate with IPOB.
“Already, all diplomatic missions and countries in the globe are knowledgeable about the Biafra agitation and they speak with IPOB as the responsible authority that oversees the affairs of the Biafran people, be it nationally or internationally.”
The break-away group opines that it had legitimate and well-established institutions and a well-structured administrative hierarchy that oversaw the day-to-day running of its affairs even in the absence of Kanu.
