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Leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under Mazi Okwudili Ezenachukwu have warned other pro-Biafra groups against taking actions inimical to ‎the Biafra struggle. This came at a time the IPOB under Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is engaging in war of words with Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State,  with the former reacting angrily after Gov. Ikpeazu said its leader lies a lot. However, the IPOB faction in a statement made available to DAILY POST, Thursday, said it was warning those claiming to be followers of the disappeared Mazi Nnamdi Kanu “to stop adhering and introducing inconsequential propagandas that are dangerous and meaningless to the holistic struggle for Biafra restoration.” IPOB has been facing leadership crisis since last year culminating in Kanu being sacked by another faction last year. In a statement signed by Comrade Peter Bassy, its Director of Media and Publicity, he said‎ “pro-Biafra groups, irrespective of there status must be talking about unity of...

Worried over the whereabout of the IPOB leader? Then you have to read this. The wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Uchechi, has spoken out on the whereabouts of her husband. Ucheche, who is based in London has maintained that her husband is in the custody of the Nigerian Army. Insisting that she is not aware of Kanu’s whereabouts, Uchechi told BBC Igbo that she is not also aware if her husband was dead or alive. She stated that the last time she spoke with Kanu was when soldiers invaded his residence in Umuahia, Abia State last year. Uchechi said,  “The IPOB people are not sleeping. The army is going to tell them where their leader is. Keeping Nnamdi Kanu does not mean that IPOB is asleep,” Uchechi said. “I don’t know where my husband is. If he is dead or alive, I don’t know. People that are supposed to answer these questions are the army. “The last time I saw him was when the army came to shoot in our house. He called me and ask...

Prof. Uche Azikiwe,the wife of Nigeria’s First President, Nnamdi Azikiwe, has insisted on the indivisibility of Nigeria, a position that is contrary to that of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). While IPOB members in South East are insisting on leaving Nigeria, Nigeria’s first First Lady is eulogising her late husband’s contemporaries for their sacrifice for the unity of the country. She insists on the unity of Nigeria and commended late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello and others, who sacrificed a lot to build Nigeria. She urged Nigerians to remain united in honour of the memories of the nation’s founding fathers. Her position is contrary to the rave in the east where some youths are clamouring for the disintegration of Nigeria. Azikiwe made the plea on Monday at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo LGA of Ebonyi during the institution’s 2nd Convocation Lecture with the theme, ‘National Reconciliation and the Role of Universities’. According to the n...

Could this piece of information help douse the tension that the IPOB leader was killed during soldiers raid on his home in Abia?  According to Nigerian lady on Facebook who goes by the name ,Paul Ujunwa Gloria, she posted that she spotted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu at a Pizza shop in Ghana but didn't take any photos.  MS Ujunwa Gloria was forced to shut down her Facebook page after IPOB members attacked her on Facebook and called her a liar. Read her post below...

Member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), took to social media some days back to reveal how important Mazi Nnamdi KANU is to him even if it means killing one of Mary the Mother of Jesus or Nnamdi Kanu's mother See what he shared on Facebook below; If you give me cutlass and ask me between the mother of Jesus which is Mary and the mother of our leader Mazi Nnamdi kanu which one will I kill, I will pieces Mary with the cutlass and used her meet to Cook ofensala the 2nd. Because Mary the mother of the so called Jesus is the most foolish woman on earth to allow an evil spirit in disguise called holy spirit to impregnate her. What pains me most is that the evil spirit deceive her with just sweet words like Hail mary, full of grace, The lord is with you, blessed art thou thy among women and blessed is the is thy fruit of their womb, just this words ooh she foolishly betrayed her husband and committed adultery. She must be very very insane. So what there are trying to sa...

Nnamdi KANU, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, has said that despite being granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja where he is being prosecuted alongside others on charges of treasonable felon , he is still entitled to the $ 800m compensation for his alleged unlawful arrest and detention in 2015. This is contained in his response to the motion filed by the Federal Government asking the Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States sitting in Abuja to dismiss a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by the IPOB leader. Kanu had filed the suit on March 3, 2016 demanding $ 800m as compensation from the Federal Government for his alleged unlawful arrest in 2015 and detention . But the Federal Government, through its lawyer, Mrs . Maimuna Shiru, filed its motion on November 13, stating that Kanu having been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on April 25, 2017, and allegedly jumped bail, the judgment of the E...

ECOWAS court today said filing fresh documents every time by parties in a suit of enforcement of rights filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal government is an attitude not acceptable to the court. At the resumed hearing today, one of the judges on the three-man panel, Justice Alioune Sall told counsels that they were not in a Nigerian court but an international court which has a different way and "the process of bringing new documents every day is not allowed here." Counsel to Kanu, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor had told the court that the court had at the last sitting adjourned the case to today for definite hearing. He said, however, "two days ago, my attention was drawn to a new process filed by the Federal Government challenging the authority of the court to hear the case." He said the essence of the process filed by the FG was to truncate today's hearing, adding that the application is basel...

Federal government has revealed that the 2,671 seized pump action rifles illegally imported into the country from Turkey could be traced to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The government said this on Tuesday as part of its submissions before the federal high court in Abuja while opposing IPOB’s motion challenging its proscription and declaration as a terrorist organisation. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) had intercepted the rifles on four different occasions this year — in January, May, and September. In a counter-affidavit against IPOB’s motion, the government insisted that it is a violent group claiming to be non-violent. The counter-affidavit, deposed to by Ayuba Adam, a litigation officer in the Department of State Services (DSS), referred to a said visit to Kanu by Abdukadir Erahraman, a Turkish citizen, in July. The government said during the visit, the Turkish citizen urged “Biafrans to rise up and fight a good fight for freedom...

Ever since the sudden disappearance of the IPOB leader following clash with the Nigerian army, his supporters have continued to ask questions.  Femi Fani-Kayode, who is one of his supporters on Sunday insisted that the Nigerian Army kidnapped the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu from his home. Mr Fani, made the allegations on his Twitter handle and also described the actions of soldiers, who “abducted” Kanu as “heartless and unacceptable.” He wrote: “IPOB leader Nnamdi Nnamdi’s home was attacked, his staff, friends and supporters were slaughtered, his siblings were maimed, his parents were brutalised, his dogs were shot, his cars were burnt and he was abducted by the Nigerian Army. This is heartless and unacceptable.”

Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has denied the claim by the Federal Government that the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is in his custody. The Federal Government had earlier replied to Abaribe’s application seeking to withdraw as one of the sureties for Kanu, describing the application as too late. But Abaribe in a reaction to a question on whether Kanu was actually in his custody, said he doesn’t know his whereabouts. The Federal Government, however, stated in its counter-affidavit that Abaribe was aware that Kanu “has long violated the bail conditions handed down by this honourable court” on April 24, 2017 before September 11 when he claimed to have lost contact with the defendant. Abaribe, however, denied knowing Kanu’s whereabouts. “I don’t know where he is. But that is a question that will be resolved by the suit we have instituted,” he told Punch.

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered Senator Eyninnaya Abaribe, and two others standing as sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to explain the IPOB leader’s whereabout. The judge gave the senator Abaribe three options on Nnamdi Kanu. 1. Abaribe to produce the defendant in court and then apply to be discharged as a surety. 2. The judge gave was for Abaribe to be ready to forfeit his N100m bail bond. 3. Abaribe to request to be given time to produce the defendant in court. The judge insisted tha‎t Abaribe must opt for one of the three options. With the judge’s insistence, Ogechi Ogunna opted to be given time to produce him. The two other sureties were not represented in court on Tuesday. Earlier, prosecuting counsel, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, noting that Kanu was not present in court, urged the judge to revoke defendant’s bail, order for his arrest, and direct the defendants’ three suretie...

Nigerian Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinaya Abaribe, has applied to the court to be discharged from the suretyship, bond and recognizance of the bail of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu TheNigerianLawyers reports. In an application filed against the Federal Government, Nnamdi Kanu, and his co-defendants, Senator Abaribe is asking the court to make an order discharging him as surety to Abaribe prayed the court to discharge him entirely from the incidence of bail of Kanu. He is also asking for a discharge of the bond used for Kanu’s bail and a refund of N100 million or any other bond paid to the court sequel to the bail. The grounds upon which Senator Abaribe sought the reliefs include that the Nigerian army during a raid at the residence of the IPOB leader engaged in a fracas with members of the group which has been proscribed by the federal government. Abaribe said since the raid by the Nigerian Army, the first d...

The Nigerian Army has declared that it has ended it’s operation in the Southeast. General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar, speaking on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff. Lieutenant General TY Buratai formally declare the end of Exercise EGWU EKE 11. The ceremony took place Saturday night in Sector 1 Tactical Headquarters at Umuahia, Abia State, with the traditional activation of camp fire to formally signify the successful completion of the exercise. This was made public via a statement on Sunday by Colonel Sagir Musa, Deputy Director Public Relations 82 Division. The statement said General Abubakar commended all the officers, soldiers and personnel of paramilitary organizations that collaborated, synergized and worked commendably throughout the one month period for the exercise. He noted that, the achievements recorded in the areas of attainment of the mission specific training objectives, improvement in peace and ...

Some members of the secession group claims they held meetings with the President of United states, Donald Trump on how to break up Nigeria in an explosive article shared by one Mr Ken Pat.  Read the full article below... The IPOB leaders and friends in the United States in the company of their two attorneys met with White House Officials today, 21st July 2017 and made a case for referendum towards the third quarter of this year. The Biafran delegate was issued with a certificate and given a date for a referendum, according to a report from the group’s delegate. The meeting was not much publicised to avoid being infiltrated by the agents who IPOB delegates regard as enemies from the Nigerian government or APC distractors in the United States. The actual meeting was not filmed, as that is wholly against the rules of the White House security protocols and was not covered widely by the press The issues raised in the meeting were the referendum and the scheduled date fo...

Trial of Nnamdi KANU, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra over alleged fundamental human rights violation was on Tuesday stalled following the absence of the respondent’s counsel in ECOWAS Court. Premium Times gathered that the lead counsel to the Nigerian government, Dayo Akpata, was reportedly having a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and subsequently unable to make it to Tuesday’s court session. A counsel representing the Attorney General at the court, Abdullahi Abubakar, asked for an adjournment on Tuesday, at the instance of the prosecution. Responding, Mr. Ejiofor accused the Nigerian government of ”deliberately delaying the matter. Mr. Ejiofor asked the court to compel the respondent to pay a cost of N2 million for what he described as a deliberate frustration of the matter. Reacting to the submission of Mr. Ejiofor, however, Mr. Abubakar said the previous adjournment on the matter was not at the instance of the respondent but based on a request...

 Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has sympathised with the now-proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stating that they had legitimate concerns and needed to have been drawn closer, before renaming the group, “Indigenous People of Brighter Nigeria (IPOBN)”. The monarch said this on Friday when he paid a courtesy visit to Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, as part of activities surrounding his primary mission of celebrating the new yam festival with Eberechi Dick, chairman of the South-East council of traditional rulers. He also frowned at the proscription of IPOB, saying that members of the group did not deserve being regarded as terrorists as they had real grievances. ooni Ife.JPG “There is something that is bordering them; there is something that is making them to cry”, he said. “We should not throw them away; we should draw them closer because the youth of this country are the future, the energy, they are the heartbeat of this country”, he said. Supp...

Army Public Relations Director, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, has maintained that family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu knows where Kanu is hiding. Usman urged Nigerians to ask the younger brother and lawyer to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor of Kanu’s whereabouts. The Army spokesman also said Kanu was somebody without any means of livelihood, but used “propaganda” to attract public sympathy. Speaking in Abuja, while rounding off a two-day media conference on the military’s enhancement of human rights, Usman said Kanu’s followers were in a “one-chance vehicle.” He made these remarks while insisting that the IPOB leader was not in custody of the Nigerian military. According to Usman, “There was an allegation that somebody (Kanu) went into hiding. Now, I can’t remember the day but in an interview on Channels TV, one of Nnamdi Kanu’s younger brothers said that he was in hiding and he knew where he was. NIGERIAN ARMY.jpg “And one lawyer ca...

The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division , Colonel Sagir Musa, has revealed that Operation Python Dance II will continue next year as Operation Python Dance III. While addressing newsmen, he maintained that no resistance against the exercise will succeed since it is a regular military procedure. “What we were doing, and we made it sufficiently clear, was an exercise. A Nigerian Army exercise! It is routine, it is normal. We had it last year, and because it is a scheduled annual training exercise, we are having it this year, and next year, by the special grace of the Almighty; we will still conduct the exercise , Egwu Eke III (Python Dance III). Now we are on Egwu Eke II (Python Dance II ). So it is not something new. When queried about the benefits of the exercise, he replied “Well, without being immodest, not only me, even you asking that question, you are satisfied . If you go to the police headquarters in all the states that Python Dance II is taking place...

At last, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has abandoned his violent struggle for the realisation of Biafra and called for a dialogue with the Federal Government to end the agitation. The IPOB leader through his lawyers, Ifeanyi Ejiofor and Amoebi Nzelu, called for negotiation with the Federal Government to end the agitation for self-governance. Kanu, said to have escaped to London by former Abia governor Orji Uzor Kalu was arrested and later granted bail for allegations of treasonable felony, maintaining unlawful society, illegal possession of items and many others. The allegations against Nnamdi Kanu also include a plot by the IPOB leader and some persons now at large to cause crises that might force President Mohammed Buhari, to concede certain parts of Nigeria to a purported Biafra Nation. Kanu’s lawyers while reacting to the Federal Government’s decision to release some members of the group it arrested in February, said they were not op...

A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu believes that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is in the United Kingdom. The whereabouts of Kanu had been a national issue after reports say soldiers laid a siege on his home in Abia state. There are claims he has been abducted by the military. Speaking in an interview with the Punch, Kalu said Kanu was not taken away by the military. "Kanu went to Malaysia from where he travelled to the United Kingdom. Nnamdi Kanu is in London right now as we speak", he said. "He was not arrested by anybody. He left the country on his own." "One of his relations has spoken to me and explained everything because I wanted to see him and talk to him wherever he was and see how I could meet some Federal Government officials on his issue. I also wanted to see ways of talking to the President about him, and find common ground but his family told me that he has left the country, unless they are ly...