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IPOB is led by Onyendu as long as he lives. He appointed members of the Directorate of State (DOS) while in DSS custody, acting through his now sacked lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who has absolutely nothing to do with Onyendu nor IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. A sacked lawyer and non-member of IPOB cannot speak for the movement.

Let it also be clearly understood that those claiming to be from DOS that held a secret meeting with representatives of Governor Soludo on Thursday, claiming to speak in the name of our leader and allegedly assuring him that IPOB would not oppose the intimidation and humiliation of our businessmen and women at Onitsha Main Market, are gravely mistaken. They neither represent Onyendu nor understand him. Our leader has always stood—and will always stand—with the oppressed masses, not with their tormentors. No private meeting, inducement, or cowardly compromise can rewrite that truth.

THEY HAVE GONE HAYWIRE BECAUSE OF 2/2/2026 SIT AT HOME.
AFTER MEETING GOV SOLUDO SECRETLY - GO AND STOP THE SIT AT HOME.

THOSE THAT CLAIMED TO BE IPOB MEMBERS AND LAWYER, YET THEY ARE WORKING AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, ARE YOU PEOPLE NOT A SABOTEUR?

NON OF YOU CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF BIAFRA UMUOKOKO.

Ifeanyi Ejiofor was sacked over 2 years ago and has no business with Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Chinasa Nworu and Chika Edoziem contacted me last week and asked me to stop issuing statements publicizing our leader’s unlawful detention and I refused. That was when they started plotting to hijack the leadership of IPOB and divert attention away from our leader.

“Those individuals appointed into the Directorate of State (DOS) by our leader, have compromised the integrity of this struggle by holding meetings with Governor Soludo aimed at undermining the solidarity shown to Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the traders of Onitsha Main Market should be ashamed of themselves.”

Powerful in the same vein dismissed claims that he is just a pseudonym and does not exist.

“The public is hereby advised to disregard every fake and fabricated resignation being circulated in my name. I spoke with a member of DOS two days ago in the person of Chinasa Nworu, who wants me to abandon our leader in detention. If I “do not exist,” the public should ask him who he spoke to.

INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO ALL IPOB FAMILY MEMBERS

Date 31/01/2026

The chain of command in IPOB is not a recent invention. It is as old as the movement itself.
A sacked lawyer and non member of ipob cannot speak for the movement

Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu deliberately created structured departments to manage the affairs of IPOB in moments exactly like this. His word is final. What he says is law within IPOB. Anyone struggling with this basic fact is either new to the struggle or fundamentally undisciplined.

The Directorate of Media & Publicity predates all Directorates except IT headed by Mazi Ofoma and Finance still headed by Madam Nnennaya Anya. If you do not understand this, then you lack historical grounding in IPOB. No newspaper, media house, or international platform publishes anything concerning IPOB without passing through the office of the Spokesperson. That is not arrogance; that is structure.

As Spokesperson of IPOB, my duty is simple and clear:

To communicate to the world the direction set by our leader.
To help secure the release of our leader while keeping the movement resolute, disciplined, and uncontaminated in the collective effort to restore Biafra.
IPOB is led by Onyendu as long as he lives. He appointed members of the Directorate of State (DOS) while in DSS custody, acting through his now sacked lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who has absolutely nothing to do with Onyendu nor IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. A sacked lawyer and non-member of IPOB cannot speak for the movement.

If Onyendu could appoint officers and debrief lawyers from detention, it means his directives are supreme and not subject to debate or query. He made this position clear to Asia Rep. that visited him last week on behalf of DOS. So there is no confusion whatsoever.

Only one person appoints or removes anyone in IPOB—our leader. No committee, no platform, no noise on social media alters this reality.

The sit-at-home scheduled for Monday, February 2, is a one-off action in direct response to Governor Soludo’s reckless intimidation of our people for showing solidarity with Onyendu. It is not open to speculation, reinterpretation, or distortion.

Let it also be clearly understood that those claiming to be from DOS that held a secret meeting with representatives of Governor Soludo on Thursday, claiming to speak in the name of our leader and allegedly assuring him that IPOB would not oppose the intimidation and humiliation of our businessmen and women at Onitsha Main Market, are gravely mistaken. They neither represent Onyendu nor understand him. Our leader has always stood—and will always stand—with the oppressed masses, not with their tormentors. No private meeting, inducement, or cowardly compromise can rewrite that truth.

Anyone genuinely confused should go to Sokoto and seek clarification from our leader—not engage in idle gossip or internal sabotage online.

Those hoping we will forget Onyendu and start chasing shadows are deluding themselves. He founded IPOB. He called us into this struggle. We remain bound to his vision and his instructions.

If you are unwilling to follow what Onyendu wants, then form your own group and stop yapping on social media under the IPOB name.

For the avoidance of doubt:
The press statement concerning Monday’s sit-at-home was issued by me and by nobody else.

Comrade Emma Powerful
Spokesperson, IPOB

Biafrans please ignore the announcement that IPOB Worldwide called for Monday sit-at-home starry from 2nd Feb, 2026. Please disseminate widely to those who were previously misinformed about the total lockdown.

Who is Emma Powerful, and How Does He Speak for IPOB?

Most people think that Emma Powerful is a person, but I will shock you: it is not so. Emma Powerful is not a human being or even a nickname for a single individual. Rather, Emma Powerful is the name of the office of IPOB’s Media and Publicity Department.

According to credible information about how Emma Powerful operates, the leadership of IPOB—specifically the Directorate of State (DOS)—appoints individuals at random to serve or write press releases in the office called Emma Powerful.

Hence, the author automatically assumes the title of "Emma Powerful" as the Publicity Secretary.

This information first came out in the open around 2022/2023 when Simon Ekpa and his minions, in collaboration with the Nigerian media, consistently pushed out fake stories about how the Nigerian government had captured or arrested Emma Powerful. In their minds, Emma Powerful was a single person, and by putting out lies that Emma Powerful had been arrested, Emma Powerful might decide to do a face reveal so they would know who this Emma Powerful was.

Are you following?

But one of the media personalities within the ranks of IPOB came out and said that Emma Powerful is actually not a person but the name of the office of IPOB’s Media and Publicity. He went on to reveal that Emma Powerful’s role is only commanded and controlled by the DOS.

And guess what? The fifth columnists snapped their fingers and began to restrategize on their plot to destroy the credibility of IPOB’s most popular media arm—Emma Powerful. Just like in Indian movies, we saw how the belligerent Emmanuel Kanu and Kingsley Ezebuilo, the siblings of Onyendu, all of a sudden began to share the publications of Emma Powerful.

I suspected that this may not have been born out of genuine reconciliation, given that they had hated and fought against the leadership of IPOB simply because it refused them the opportunity to do as they liked, without discipline or oversight. They wanted to collect money as they pleased from IPOB and through other channels relating to the Biafran agitation, which could eventually compromise the “whiter-than-white” integrity of the global IPOB.

And then one day, we saw a very unfamiliar story or press release carrying the name of Emma Powerful. Every hardcore IPOB member or dedicated sympathizer who had followed every single activity of IPOB and understood the dynamics of their information dissemination and language of communication immediately knew that this wasn’t the typical language of Emma Powerful. It wasn’t the typical unmistakable blueprint, and no hardcore member would easily believe it was Emma Powerful’s language.

And so we made inquiries and discovered that it was actually fake. Who shared the press information first? It was Kanunta Kanu, Emma Powerful, and Benjamin Mmadubugwu. We then discovered that, in contrast with the usual tradition, none of the members of the DOS shared the press release. Everyone was thrown into a state of confusion and disappointment. But the leadership was quiet.

The whispers within their ranks were that if they immediately countered this press release, their enemies would then know that their most credible media arm had been compromised. And so they didn’t make any public statements; they let it slide. They were trying to contain every situation and see if things could be brought back under control.

But what is the truth or secret behind all of this? The truth is that Emma Powerful has no unique signature except the use of “Emma Powerful, Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB.” Hence, anybody can easily copy that format and impersonate Emma Powerful. Are you getting it now?

On many occasions, Emmanuel Kanu would always pose as the “Spokesperson” of the Kanu family.

I don’t even know who gave him such a title, but that’s his business and that of his family members. But to be frank, it amused me each time I saw such a title in his press statements for the family.

And so, one day again, they broke the camel’s back. Emmanuel Kanu wrote another press release with the name of Emma Powerful and described it as “IPOB Spokesperson, Media and Publicity Secretary” instead of “IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary.” Did you spot the difference? He changed the title of Emma Powerful and added his usual self-aggrandizing title “Spokesperson.” Whereas Emma Powerful is not known as the “Spokesperson” of IPOB—when in fact, no single person is Emma Powerful.

What does this mean? It means that Emmanuel Kanu has hijacked Emma Powerful and bestowed upon himself the responsibility of Emma Powerful. Mind you, this Emmanuel Kanu is not a member of IPOB, let alone a principal officer in IPOB. He is only leveraging—of course dubiously—the fact that he is the younger brother of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never even appointed them to any office or position in IPOB; they are only there as “siblings” to assist their brother’s struggle since 2015, when he was first arrested by the Nigerian government. But along the line, especially during his second kidnap, these brothers of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu compromised. Unknowingly or knowingly to MNK, these guys have been misusing the opportunity of being close to the Supreme Leader of IPOB.

They talked to anybody, including the second-in-command in IPOB, Mazi Chika Edoziem, the Head of Directorate, as they liked. They had no respect for the code of conduct or command chain of IPOB. They just became overly entitled to IPOB’s affairs.

Around 2019/2020, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the Supreme Leader of IPOB, clearly stated on different occasions that IPOB doesn’t belong to him or his family. He said, “IPOB belongs to every one of us.” In another statement, he said that regardless of how close you may be to him, you must respect and obey the directives of the DOS headed by Mazi Chika Edoziem; otherwise, you will be removed and sanctioned appropriately by the DOS.

These guys violated several of IPOB’s codes of conduct and referred to the DOS as “sacked,” even claiming that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu no longer works with or recognizes them. Which means, in their minds, that IPOB no longer has a structure and that they are now the structure—a blatant, daylight imaginary usurpation of power from the constituted authorities of IPOB.

But in the latest information that was read out by an independent source, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu explicitly and unequivocally restated that the Directorate of State runs the day-to-day activities of IPOB. He said that they are the decision-making body of IPOB.

The truth remains that as long as these so-called siblings continue to have access to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, they will continue with their dubious and dangerously corrupt activities—not because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu empowered or sent them to do so, but because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is locked up in a room somewhere in a prison and has no credible means of seeing what is happening outside.

They continue to manipulate information with all hopes that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not coming out anytime soon. But are they God? Only God will decide. And Okike has assured this hallowed movement that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will one day, soonest, regain his freedom.

But I believe it is time for IPOB to come forward and lay everything bare. If possible, according to the rules and instituted code of conduct of IPOB, scrap the office of Emma Powerful and reinstate a new, credible, and uniquely competent Media and Publicity Secretary for IPOB, whose signature can never be copied or compromised in any way, shape, or form.

Written by

-MNK Jr.

31/1/2026.

@real_DOS_Press @real_IpobDOS @radiobiafralive @ChinasaNworu @BiafranTweets

The Nigerian Govt has infiltrated Emma Powerful, using Kanunta Kanu, Emmanuel Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, Maxwell Opara & Nnaemeka Ejiofor, these individuals took MNK back to court & jailed him after appeal court discharged & acquitted him, now they're working hard to make sure he didn't come out again to see all the evil they committed against him.

naptu2:
And that reminds me, I haven't given you an update.

1) Ralph Uwazurike created the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in 1999.

In 2009 Uwazurike funded the creation of Radio Biafra.

2) Uwazurike had a dispute with Nnamdi Kanu (who ran Radio Biafra) and stopped funding it. Lack of funding caused the radio station to shut down. The station was restarted in 2012 and Nnamdi Kanu became the director of the station.

Nnamdi Kanu also created the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in 2012.

A civil war broke out between supporters of Ralph Uwazurike and supporters of Nnamdi Kanu.

3) Nnamdi Kanu had given instructions that Simon Ekpa should be made the lead broadcaster on Radio Biafra after he was arrested in 2021.

However, the DOS structure that Kanu created sacked Simon Ekpa because he refused to follow instructions. In response Ekpa said that he had sacked the DOS from the Biafra liberation movement.

Simon Ekpa created his own group which was originally known as the Autopiloters. It later transformed into the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) and Ekpa declared that he was the prime minister of Biafra.

A civil war broke out between supporters of Nnamdi Kanu and supporters of Simon Ekpa.

4) Simon Ekpa was arrested and Ngozi Orabueze, who was the chief of staff and deputy prime minister of BRGIE, declared herself prime minister. Supporters of Simon Ekpa opposed her and Ekpa's lawyer filed a lawsuit against her in the United States. They accused Orabueze of launching a hostile takeover of BRGIE.

A civil war broke out between supporters of Simon Ekpa and supporters of Ngozi Orabueze.

5) Two days ago a group of Biafra supporters announced that they had removed Simon Ekpa and elected Ogechukwu Nkere as their new prime minister. It was the Ogechukwu Nkere group that hired lobyists in the United States to convince the Trump administration that there is a Christian genocide in Nigeria (I posted photos of Nkere meeting with US senators a few days ago).

However, the Ngozi Orabueze faction released a statement that Ogechukwu Nkere had been expelled from BRGIE and that he was not prime minister of Biafra.

There is a civil war between supporters of Ngozi Orabueze and supporters of Ogechukwu Nkere.

At the heart of all of this is a competition for power and for control of donations made by Biafra supporters around the world.

gozmok1:
Charles Chukwuma Soludo If I were the Governor of Anambra State, I would introduce strict market reforms. Before any market is opened, every shop owner must pay an opening fee of ₦200,000 per shop. This will bring sanity, seriousness, and proper regulation into our markets. When people have financial commitment, their eyes will open, and they will value order, cleanliness, and government policies.

naptu2:
Kanu Family Battles IPOB Over Sit-At-Home

Nnamdi Kanu created the Directorate of State (DOS) to run IPOB if he was detained. The DOS took over the running of the organisation after Kanu was jailed in 2021. Mazi Chika Edoziem is the director of the Directorate of State.

Kanu also made other orders at the time. He told the DOS to appoint Simon Ekpa as the lead broadcaster on Radio Biafra. However, the DOS sacked Ekpa because he was not following instructions.

Kanu created the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and its commander is Chinasa Nworu.

The Kanu Family has battled both the DOS and Simon Ekpa since Kanu's detention because it wants to play a more central role in IPOB. However, Nnamdi Kanu and the DOS have said that IPOB is separate from the family.

Kanu's brothers, especially Kanunta and Emmanuel Kanu want the February 2nd, 2026 sit-at-home protest to go ahead, but the DOS is obeying Nnamdi Kanu's earlier order that the sit-at-home protest has been cancelled.


IPOB DOS and Nnamdi Kanu's lawyers have said that the protest has been cancelled, while Kanu's brothers say that the protest must go on. Kanu's brothers are supported by BRGIE, the organisation set up by Simon Ekpa.


Kanunta Kanu @MaziKanuntaKanu




https://x.com/i/status/2017663260346953862


Kanunta Kanu @MaziKanuntaKanu



https://x.com/i/status/2017557545578123719


Kanunta Kanu @MaziKanuntaKanu



https://x.com/i/status/2017911428011745627


Kanunta Kanu @MaziKanuntaKanu




https://x.com/i/status/2017643083706364106

LibertyRep:
The classical case of don't start what you won't be able to finish.

Some people may hijack it for their sinister motives and you'll forever be blamed for being the originator.

Same reason why some people are reluctant to organise a protest.

gozmok1:
Charles Chukwuma Soludo If I were the Governor of Anambra State, I would introduce strict market reforms. Before any market is opened, every shop owner must pay an opening fee of ₦200,000 per shop. This will bring sanity, seriousness, and proper regulation into our markets. When people have financial commitment, their eyes will open, and they will value order, cleanliness, and government policies.