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๐‘ฐ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ท๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ: ๐‘ฑ๐‘ผ๐‘ณ๐’€ 22, 2025๐˜พ๐™Š๐™ˆ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™€ ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™’๐™€๐™๐™๐™๐™‡ ๐™Ž๐™‹๐™Š๐™†๐™€๐™Ž๐™‹๐™€๐™๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™„๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™‚๐™€๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™€๐™Š๐™‹๐™‡๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™„๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐˜ผ (๐™„๐™‹๐™Š๐˜ฝ) โ€ข ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ...
23/07/2025

๐‘ฐ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ท๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ
๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ: ๐‘ฑ๐‘ผ๐‘ณ๐’€ 22, 2025

๐˜พ๐™Š๐™ˆ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™€ ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™’๐™€๐™๐™๐™๐™‡
๐™Ž๐™‹๐™Š๐™†๐™€๐™Ž๐™‹๐™€๐™๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™„๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™‚๐™€๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™€๐™Š๐™‹๐™‡๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™„๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐˜ผ (๐™„๐™‹๐™Š๐˜ฝ)

โ€ข ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘บ ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ท๐‘บ๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ: ๐‘พ๐‘ฏ๐’€ ๐‘ด๐‘จ๐’๐‘ฐ ๐‘ต๐‘ต๐‘จ๐‘ด๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฒ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ผ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘บ ๐‘ต๐‘ถ ๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘บ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘น

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wishes to draw the attention of the Nigerian public, the international community, and all institutions of conscience to the watershed legal reply filed on July 14, 2025, by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, in defence of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This Reply on Points of Law was issued in response to the prosecutionโ€™s feeble opposition to Mazi Nnamdi Kanuโ€™s No-Case Submission. Its content is a devastating legal rebuke of the persecution that has masqueraded for too long as prosecution.

The legal argument advanced by Chief Agabi SAN and the team of Senior Advocates stands on solid constitutional and evidentiary footing. It demonstrates beyond question that the Federal Government has utterly failed to establish even a prima facie case against our leader. The prosecutionโ€™s case, led by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, is exposed as hollow, unprovable, and offensive to the principles of criminal justice.

Let the records reflect the following:

1. ๐‘ผ๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’” ๐‘จ๐’“๐’† ๐‘ต๐’๐’˜ ๐‘จ๐’…๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’˜
The Reply shows that the prosecution failed to answer several critical argumentsโ€”such as the absence of victims, lack of forensic authentication, and hearsay nature of all witness testimonies. In law, these omissions amount to an admission. The Federal Government, by its own silence, has conceded that it has no evidence tying Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to any crime.

2. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐‘ต๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•, ๐‘ถ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ฌ๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’”
The only โ€œevidenceโ€ the prosecution relies on are edited, unverified audio clips. Not a single person testified to being incited by any alleged broadcast. No forensic analyst was brought. No unedited source was presented. This is not evidenceโ€”it is propaganda. It is illegal, unconstitutional, and must be rejected.

3. ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’”๐’š
Count 7 of the charge absurdly claims that Mazi Kanu imported a transmitter. But no importation documents were tendered. No date, no shipping manifest, no clearing agent, no port of entry was presented. The prosecution failed to provide anything resembling proof. It is nothing but fabricated fiction.

4. ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’๐’‡
By asking the Defendant to explain his own alleged words, the prosecution seeks to shift the burden of proof. This is contrary to Section 36(5) of the Constitution, which guarantees the presumption of innocence. No Nigerian court should accept such lawless reasoning. The burden lies solely on the government to prove guilt, not on our leader to prove his innocence.

5. ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’• ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’๐’•
The prosecution even attempted to change the law under which one of the charges was filedโ€”after the trial had commenced! This is unheard of. The law is clear: the court has no jurisdiction to try a charge that is vague, contradictory, or improperly filed. All seven counts suffer from these fatal defects.

6. ๐‘ต๐’ ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’”, ๐‘ต๐’ ๐‘ช๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†, ๐‘ต๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’†
Despite the gravity of the accusations, not a single victim was produced. Not one Nigerian came forward to say, "I was harmed because of Kanuโ€™s broadcasts." The law demands proof beyond doubt. What the prosecution has offered is mere conjectureโ€”dressed in emotion but devoid of fact.

๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต: ๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘จ๐‘ณ ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ
The case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is no longer just weakโ€”it is non-existent. It is held together only by political vengeance and the refusal of the Nigerian state to admit that it erred.

IPOB calls on the Honourable Justice Omotosho to discharge his sacred duty. The world is watching. The Nigerian judiciary is on trial just as much as our leader. This is the moment to rise above executive pressure and affirm what the law already makes clear:

There is no case to answer. There is nothing to defend. There must be an acquittal.

We urge the media, civil society, diplomatic missions, and all lovers of justice to study the Reply on Points of Law. History will remember where everyone stood when justice cried out to be done.

แด„แดแดส€แด€แด…แด‡ แด‡แดแดแด€ แด˜แดแดกแด‡ส€๊œฐแดœสŸ ๊œฑแด˜แดแด‹แด‡๊œฑแด˜แด‡ส€๊œฑแดษด/แดแด‡แด…ษชแด€ แด€ษดแด… แด˜แดœส™สŸษชแด„ษชแด›ส ๊œฑแด‡แด„ส€แด‡แด›แด€ส€ส ๊œฐแดส€ ษชแด˜แดส™.

23/07/2025

Isn't it a shame to you DOS cabal followers that MNK had to soujd it out that you should stop listening to Chinasa Nworu & Chika Edoziem by announcing that Emma Powerful should act as both press secretary & IPOB Spokesperson?

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‰๐™„๐™‚๐™€๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐™ˆ๐™€๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ผโ€™๐™Ž ๐˜ฝ๐™„๐˜ผ๐™Ž ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™‰๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐˜ฟ๐™„ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™โ€™๐™Ž ๐™๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐˜ผ ๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Ž๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™€The Directorate of Legal Affairs, Research and Gl...
20/07/2025

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‰๐™„๐™‚๐™€๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐™ˆ๐™€๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ผโ€™๐™Ž ๐˜ฝ๐™„๐˜ผ๐™Ž ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™‰๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐˜ฟ๐™„ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™โ€™๐™Ž ๐™๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐˜ผ ๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Ž๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™€

The Directorate of Legal Affairs, Research and Global Communications condemns in the strongest terms the calculated and cowardly silence of the Nigerian press in refusing to report the brilliant, fact-based and legally devastating arguments presented today in open court by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, in defence of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

While Agabiโ€™s submission โ€“ anchored on the glaring lack of evidence, due process violations, and fundamental constitutional protections โ€“ laid bare the hollowness of the federal governmentโ€™s case, the media instead chose to regurgitate sensational and unfounded propaganda spewed by the prosecution. This is not journalism. This is complicity in injustice.

๐‘ธ๐‘ผ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘บ ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘จ๐‘ต ๐‘ฑ๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘ต๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘บ ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ญ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ฒ

We ask our so-called โ€œjournalistsโ€:

Where is the list of the over 170 security officers the FG claims were killed as a result of Mazi Kanuโ€™s broadcasts?
Who are the families of these alleged victims? Why have they not testified in court?
Which individual has claimed, under oath, that they heard Mazi Kanu and then committed violence as a result of his broadcasts?
Who issued the unsigned, unauthenticated death certificates the DSS tried to smuggle into evidence?
Where is the forensic pathologist or investigator linking any death to IPOB or Mazi Kanu?
None exists. Not one person has testified in court that their loved one was killed due to Mazi Kanu. Not one. The entire case is a fabrication built on hearsay, anonymous security memos, and doctored DSS exhibits.

And yet the press remains mute.

๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ ๐‘บ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘บ๐‘ป. ๐‘พ๐‘ฏ๐’€ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ๐‘ซ ๐’€๐‘ถ๐‘ผ ๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ณ๐’€ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘จ๐‘พ๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘ถ?

Chief Kanu Agabi SAN, former Attorney General of the Federation, addressed the court first today. His submission was clear, authoritative, and rooted in law and reason. He exposed the government's case for what it is: empty noise.

Why then did the media houses all pretend that only the prosecution spoke?

Why was there total silence on Agabiโ€™s fundamental arguments that:

Self-determination is not a crime;
No Nigerian law criminalizes calling for Biafra;
Free speech, even harsh or fiery speech, is not terrorism;
No evidence links Mazi Kanuโ€™s utterances to violence;
No lawful investigation was conducted under the Terrorism Prevention Act.
Instead, the media gave uncritical oxygen to laughable claims that because Mazi Kanu said โ€œthe world will stand still,โ€ Nigeria must imprison him. Since when did hyperbole become terrorism? If so, when will government officials who have made similar or worse threats be charged?

๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘พ๐‘ฏ๐’€ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ๐‘ญ๐‘น๐‘จ ๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘บ

The shameless media bias in this case is not just irresponsible โ€“ it is dangerous. It proves what IPOB has long maintained: that Nigeria is a place where truth is suppressed, and injustice is not only normalised but celebrated.

This is why the people of Biafra seek to leave a system that tramples on justice, mocks due process, and deploys its media as a weapon of political warfare.

When courts become theatres of spectacle, and the press becomes a ministry of propaganda, the people will look elsewhere for justice. That is what is happening.

๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ

We dare every media house in Nigeria to publish verbatim what Kanu Agabi SAN told the court today.

We challenge you to report:

That all five prosecution witnesses were DSS agents.
That none of them tendered direct evidence of violence caused by Mazi Kanu.
That the โ€œevidenceโ€ they submitted consisted of unsigned, unauthenticated documents.
That no victim, no investigator, no family member, no forensic expert testified in support of the governmentโ€™s claims.
You claim to report facts. Then do it. Publish Agabiโ€™s submission in full.

๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต: ๐‘ท๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ท๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘จ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ป ๐‘ท๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ

Let the world take note: what is happening in Abuja is not a fair trial, but a trial by media distortion and government fiction.

We remind all Nigerians and the international community: well-scripted propaganda cannot replace facts, evidence, or the rule of law. The federal governmentโ€™s case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is legally unsustainable, morally bankrupt, and politically vindictive.

Let the media do their jobโ€”or history will remember them as enablers of tyranny.

๐‘บ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’…:

Onyedikachi Ifedi, Esq.

๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’‡๐’‡๐’‚๐’Š๐’“๐’”, ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”
๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’๐’–๐’” ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’‚๐’‡๐’“๐’‚ (๐‘ฐ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฉ)
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

18/07/2025

Barrister Aloy Ejimakor ๐‘จ๐’…๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š'๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’“๐’• ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’„๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’›๐’Š ๐‘ต๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’…๐’Š ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’๐’–โ€™๐’” ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’“๐’•, ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’‹๐’‚ - 18/07/2025

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ยฉ๏ธBiafra Alpha-Power Media International ||2025

18/07/2025

๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ž ๐™‰๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™™๐™ž ๐™†๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ช ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฉ, ๐˜ผ๐™—๐™ช๐™Ÿ๐™–, ๐™๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ 18๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™…๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ 2025.
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ยฉ๏ธBiafra Alpha-Power Media International ||2025

18/07/2025

๐‘จ ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’• ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’†๐’„๐’† ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž

The article published by TheCable under the laughable headline โ€œHow Nnamdi Kanu Sought to Please South-Easterners with Hilarious Propagandaโ€ is a textbook example of cowardly journalism steeped in ignorance, deceit, and a thinly veiled contempt for truth. It is what happens when a failed pen meets a sold soulโ€”when the British Councilโ€™s intellectual errand boys pick up their master's whip and lash out at the only man bold enough to tell the truth in a nation built on lies.

Let us begin with the name โ€œPephel.โ€ For those familiar with Igbo cultural logic and naming conventions, this pseudonym is a dead giveawayโ€”this isnโ€™t an Igbo voice. This is not someone with blood ties to the land of the rising sun. It is either an outsider desperately trying to sound native, or worse, an Efulefuโ€”one of those tragic Igbos who abandon their heritage for crumbs at the table of their slave masters. Either way, the piece fails from the first sentence. A fraud with a fake name cannot speak on Igbo realities.

The aim of the article is transparent: to sow division between Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his people, to demystify him, and to paint him as a purveyor of baseless conspiracy theories. But what this amateur hatchet job reveals is a deeper British-sponsored panicโ€”panic at Kanuโ€™s growing hold on the Igbo collective psyche, panic at his ability to awaken even the most reluctant mind to the reality of the Nigerian deception.

What the writer and their British handlers fail to understand is that Nnamdi Kanu doesnโ€™t need propaganda to win the loyalty of his people. He has truth. He has consistency. He has suffered more in pursuit of freedom than all these cowardly pen-wielders combined. He was abducted, tortured, renditioned, and yet he remains unbrokenโ€”while his critics remain unknown, irrelevant, and afraid.

Let us address the real question:
If Kanu is so full of โ€œhilarious propaganda,โ€ why has the Nigerian government never charged him with the very thing they claim is falseโ€”the allegation that President Buhari died in 2017 and was replaced by an impostor? Why did Abubakar Malami SAN, the then AGF, charge him for calling Buhari names, yet omit the most sensational claim that โ€œBuhariโ€ was a Sudanese double?

Because they know it is not a joke. It is a wound they dare not open.

Ask Garba Shehu why he cooked up the absurd tale that rats chased Buhari out of A*o Rockโ€”because the clone could not access biometric-locked doors. Ask the Nigerian media why none of them has the spine to request a live DNA test. Ask yourself why, after Buhari allegedly died in the UK, no global leaderโ€”from the Queen to the Popeโ€”issued a formal statement. Not even a tweet. Not even a whisper.

But of course, these so-called journalists will never ask these questions. They are too busy collecting brown envelopes and recycling colonial talking points. This is the role many Yoruba journalists have played historicallyโ€”tools of divide and rule, deploying clever-sounding nonsense to undermine southern solidarity. Instead of interrogating how the Fulani caliphate stole Kwara from them, they obsess over Kanu, a man who never stole a dime, never held political office, and never compromised.

To the Efulefu Igbos who cheer this garbage: understand that you are dancing on the graves of your ancestors. Your silence and collaboration are part of why Igbo lands remain militarized, our youths massacred, and our freedom denied. Kanu is not the enemy. Your cowardice is.

And to TheCable, you have now confirmed your place in the long history of media houses that chose comfort over courage, paychecks over principles, and silence over truth. When history is written, you will not be remembered as journalistsโ€”but as jesters in the court of tyrants.

Africaโ€™s biggest curse isnโ€™t colonialism โ€” itโ€™s our refusal to think. We worship power, not truth. We obey, we conform, we fear, but we donโ€™t question. We reject facts if theyโ€™re uncomfortable and attack messengers who speak hard truths. Until Black Africans learn to reason critically, challenge authority, and demand evidence over emotion, we will remain trapped โ€” not by foreign hands, but by our own mental laziness. This sickness of the mind is why we are lied to, looted, and led in circles.

And that is why Nnamdi Kanu is in prisonโ€”not for lies, but for truths too dangerous to be spoken.

๐‘บ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’…,

Barrister Christopher Chidera

๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’‹๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’˜๐’š๐’†๐’“

๐‘ฑ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ฌ ๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ป ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฌ ๐‘จ๐‘ฉ๐‘ซ๐‘ผ๐‘ช๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ: ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘พ๐‘ถ๐‘น๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถโ€™๐‘บ ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘ปThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the wider...
18/07/2025

๐‘ฑ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ฌ ๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ป ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฌ ๐‘จ๐‘ฉ๐‘ซ๐‘ผ๐‘ช๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ: ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘พ๐‘ถ๐‘น๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถโ€™๐‘บ ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘ป

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the wider community of conscious Nigerians have always maintained an unwavering respect for the judiciary as the last hope of the common man. We understand, perhaps more than many, the critical importance of allowing courts to reach decisions grounded in law and fact, based strictly on issues canvassed in open court and supported by the record.

However, at this pivotal juncture in the political and legal persecution of our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, it is necessary to remind the benchโ€”particularly the Honourable Court of Justice Omotoshoโ€”that the world is watching. With the recent courageous judgment of the Kenyan High Court declaring Mazi Nnamdi Kanuโ€™s abduction and extraordinary rendition illegal under Kenyan and international law, there is now a renewed global spotlight on how this case is being conducted in Nigeria.

The elephant in the room, which the Federal Government and its legal agents desperately avoid addressing, is this: how did Mazi Nnamdi Kanu come to be before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged offences purportedly committed in the United Kingdom and Kenya? The fundamental doctrine of Double Criminalityโ€”enshrined in Section 76(1)(d)(iii) of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022โ€”strips this court of jurisdiction unless the Nigerian government can establish, through the competent court in Kenya, that the said offences are also crimes under Kenyan law. This is the legal threshold that must be crossed before Justice Omotosho can even contemplate entertaining the substance of the so-called charges.

Instead, we are confronted with a judicial absurdity, one that calls into question the integrity of Nigeriaโ€™s legal system: a man abducted at gunpoint, tortured, and smuggled into Nigeria in blatant violation of local and international law is now expected to answer to charges before a court that refuses to ask the only question that mattersโ€”by what law and process did he get here?

The attempt to lean on the Supreme Courtโ€™s controversial ruling, which remitted the matter to the High Court, is a constitutional dead end. The Nigerian public and international legal community must now ask: On what Nigerian law did those Justices base their decision that condones cross-border criminal abduction and torture? None. The truth is, no law in Nigeria supports abduction from foreign jurisdictions and forced presentation before a court without recourse to extradition or the satisfaction of the double criminality requirement.

Let us remind this nation of the case of Mohammed Dikko, kidnapped from Niger Republic and renditioned to Nigeria in violation of due process. In a ruling that still stands as a locus classicus, the Supreme Court of Nigeria held that no one should be kidnapped abroad and brought before a Nigerian court to face trial. It is astonishing that Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal, in his lead judgment, claimed no such law existsโ€”ignoring both precedent and the black letter of Section 76 of the 2022 Terrorism Act. Are we now to conclude that the Nigerian Supreme Court no longer reads its own judgments? Or that it has abdicated its duty to uphold the Constitution and international legal norms?

The answer is clear: this trial is built on nothing but lawlessness. And as Lord Denning famously said, "You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand." If the Nigerian government cannot produce a Kenyan court ruling confirming that the alleged offences are indeed crimes in Kenya, then Justice Omotoshoโ€™s court has no jurisdiction and must decline to proceed further.

We are not unaware of the pressure the State may attempt to exert on this Honourable Court. But let it be said clearly and without equivocation: if this travesty of justice continues, the same international infamy that dogs the name of Justice Binta Nyako shall now stain the court of Justice Omotoshoโ€”a fate nobody desires, for we recognize Justice Omotosho as a fair and learned judge. But fairness must be rooted in courage and fidelity to the law.

The question to the Nigerian bench and bar is this: Can illegality give birth to legality? Can abduction, torture, and rendition produce a lawful trial? Can the Nigerian judiciary continue to break its own laws just to silence one man?

There is only one lawful outcome: Terminate this politically motivated trial and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu immediately. Anything less is a miscarriage of justice, a breach of international law, and a stain on the robe of the judiciary.

๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ,

Emma Powerful

๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’/๐‘ด๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฉ
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14๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’๐’š 2025

๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™•๐™„ ๐™‰๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐˜ฟ๐™„ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™ ๐™‘๐™„๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™Ž ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™† ๐™๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡๐™Ž: ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™ƒ๐™€๐˜พ๐™” ๐™๐™๐™‡๐™๐™„๐™‡๐™‡๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™’๐™Š ๐™”๐™€๐˜ผ๐™๐™Ž ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™๐™„โ€™๐™Ž ๐™€๐™“๐™„๐™

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of our incarcerated prophet and liberator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wishes to formally acknowledge what the Nigerian state, after years of elaborate deceit, finally admitted through its perennial loudspeaker, Garba Shehuโ€”that the man paraded as Muhammadu Buhari has indeed passed away. We only ask: which one of them exactly?

Recall that in 2017, Mazi Nnamdi Kanuโ€”long before he was kidnapped, tortured, and illegally renditionedโ€”declared without equivocation that Muhammadu Buhari died in 2017 in a London hospital and that what was being paraded thereafter was an imposter. That was the reason why the then APC government led by the late Abba Kyari and Abubakar Malami launched Operation Python Dance to kill Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. He called the secrecy surrounding the demise of Buhari in 2017 as a monumental fraudโ€”a national masqueradeโ€”and was laughed at, vilified, mocked by rented saboteurs, and even called mad by supposed intellectuals who could barely pass a simple facial recognition test.

Now, precisely two years after the expiration of the second term of โ€œBuhariโ€, as Mazi Nnamdi Kanu predicted, the truth has stumbled in wearing boots: Nigerians are only now being told that โ€œBuhari is dead.โ€ How convenient.

Let us be clear: the world owes Mazi Nnamdi Kanu an apology, not just for doubting him, but for persecuting him for telling a truth their cowardice could not stomach. A truth so potent it terrified A*o Rock more than any armed rebellion ever could.

We ask: who signed billions in his name? Who travelled abroad to negotiate arms deals and treaties? Who contested in 2019? Who was re-inaugurated in 2019 and moved around with a different ear structure and signature? Is Nigeria now ready to prosecute itself for the crime of mass deception?

Nigerians were not only lied toโ€”they were criminally defrauded by their own government. Elections were conducted in the name of a man who, by their own admissions, was no longer alive. This is no longer a constitutional crisis. It is a national hoax of historic proportions. In saner climes, heads would roll. In Nigeria, it is business as usual. Garba Shehu has confessed. Where is the DSS?

To those who mocked Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, today is a good day to bow your heads in shame and seek forgivenessโ€”not from us, but from the truth you tried so hard to bury. The Oracle of the Most High God whom you called a madman has been vindicated by the very system that conspired to silence him.

If you see Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, stand up. Because you are in the presence of a man whose courage to speak the truth has now become divine revelation.

Nigeria, the mask has finally slipped. What will you do now?

๐‘บ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’…:
Comrade Emma Powerful
๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’/๐‘ด๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฉ

IPOB PRESS RELEASE12 JULY 2025๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ ๐™Ž๐™ƒ๐™€๐™ƒ๐™โ€™๐™Ž ๐™๐™€๐™‘๐™€๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™„๐™๐™ˆ๐™Ž ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™•๐™„ ๐™‰๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐˜ฟ๐™„ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™ ๐™’๐˜ผ๐™Ž ๐™๐™„๐™‚๐™ƒ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡ ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‰๐™‚ โ€“ ๐™„๐™‹๐™Š๐˜ฝThe Indigenou...
12/07/2025

IPOB PRESS RELEASE
12 JULY 2025

๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ ๐™Ž๐™ƒ๐™€๐™ƒ๐™โ€™๐™Ž ๐™๐™€๐™‘๐™€๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™„๐™๐™ˆ๐™Ž ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™•๐™„ ๐™‰๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐˜ฟ๐™„ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™ ๐™’๐˜ผ๐™Ž ๐™๐™„๐™‚๐™ƒ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡ ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‰๐™‚ โ€“ ๐™„๐™‹๐™Š๐˜ฝ

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of our incorruptible and prophetically gifted leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, notes with righteous vindication the stunning admission by Garba Shehu, former spokesman to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, that the now-infamous โ€œvilla rat invasionโ€ story was a calculated lie to cover up Buhariโ€™s prolonged illness and absence from governance.

Let the world take note: what Mazi Nnamdi Kanu said years ago on Radio Biafra โ€” that Muhammadu Buhari was gravely ill and incapable of leading Nigeria, and that A*o Rock was enmeshed in a web of lies and deception โ€” has now been confirmed by one of the principal architects of that deception himself. The same Garba Shehu who accused our leader of โ€œfake newsโ€ and โ€œhate speechโ€ has now confessed, with no shame, that they orchestrated a national charade to fool over 200 million people. What greater treason can be committed than lying to an entire nation about the health and whereabouts of its so-called president?

This disgraceful confirmation vindicates everything Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has ever said about the fraudulent and deceptive nature of the Nigerian state. He told the truth and was persecuted for it. He warned Nigerians that their president was missing in action, that shadowy forces had hijacked the machinery of government, and that the people were being ruled by deception. Instead of investigating the truth, the Nigerian media and political elite mocked him. They ridiculed his divine insight. They arrested him. They tortured him. They abducted and renditioned him. But they could not bury the truth.

Garba Shehuโ€™s cowardly confession is not an act of courage โ€” it is a delayed admission born of guilt and irrelevance. Where was this honesty when the Nigerian people needed it? Where was this "truth" when IPOB and our leader were being vilified, jailed, and labeled terrorists for speaking it? If this level of deliberate misinformation had happened in any sane society, those responsible would be in jail for subverting the constitution, undermining national security, and deceiving the electorate. But Nigeria rewards mediocrity, protects liars, and punishes truth-tellers.

Let it be clearly stated once again: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu does not lie. He does not speculate. He speaks only divine truth, and every word he has ever uttered is manifesting before your eyes. From the exposure of Buhariโ€™s health fraud, to the Fulani expansionist agenda, to the illegality of his abduction and extraordinary rendition โ€” time continues to prove Mazi Nnamdi Kanu right.

Those who still doubt the divine calling of our leader should watch as every falsehood told against him crumbles one after the other. The truth is like the rising sun โ€” it cannot be suppressed. Today Garba Shehu has confessed. Tomorrow others will follow. A*o Rock is a house built on lies, and the foundation is shaking.

To the Nigerian people, we say: your hatred for truth, your addiction to lies, and your blind loyalty to your oppressors are the reasons you remain enslaved. IPOB is not your enemy โ€” your enemy is your wilful ignorance and the corrupt system you defend.

To the international community, we urge you to stop enabling tyranny in Nigeria. You now have confirmation from the mouth of the regime's own spokesperson that the Nigerian people were lied to on a grand scale. If this does not concern you, then you are complicit.

In the words of our leader: โ€œwe are without fear before our enemies" and "in the end, we always win.โ€

๐™Ž๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ: COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL SPOKESPERSON/MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

๐”ป๐”ธ๐•๐”ผ ๐•Œ๐•„๐”ธโ„๐•€ ๐”ป๐•†๐”ผ๐•Š โ„•๐•†๐•‹ ๐•Šโ„™๐”ผ๐”ธ๐•‚ ๐”ฝ๐•†โ„ โ„•๐”ป๐•€๐”พ๐”น๐•†: ๐•„๐”ธโ„ค๐•€ โ„•โ„•๐”ธ๐•„๐”ป๐•€ ๐•‚๐”ธโ„•๐•Œโ€™๐•Š ๐”ฝโ„๐”ผ๐”ผ๐”ป๐•†๐•„ ๐•€๐•Š โ„•๐•†๐•‹ โ„™๐•†๐•ƒ๐•€๐•‹๐•€โ„‚๐”ธ๐•ƒ ๐”น๐”ธโ„๐”พ๐”ธ๐•€โ„•๐•€โ„•๐”พ โ„‚โ„๐•€โ„™It has come to our atte...
12/07/2025

๐”ป๐”ธ๐•๐”ผ ๐•Œ๐•„๐”ธโ„๐•€ ๐”ป๐•†๐”ผ๐•Š โ„•๐•†๐•‹ ๐•Šโ„™๐”ผ๐”ธ๐•‚ ๐”ฝ๐•†โ„ โ„•๐”ป๐•€๐”พ๐”น๐•†: ๐•„๐”ธโ„ค๐•€ โ„•โ„•๐”ธ๐•„๐”ป๐•€ ๐•‚๐”ธโ„•๐•Œโ€™๐•Š ๐”ฝโ„๐”ผ๐”ผ๐”ป๐•†๐•„ ๐•€๐•Š โ„•๐•†๐•‹ โ„™๐•†๐•ƒ๐•€๐•‹๐•€โ„‚๐”ธ๐•ƒ ๐”น๐”ธโ„๐”พ๐”ธ๐•€โ„•๐•€โ„•๐”พ โ„‚โ„๐•€โ„™

It has come to our attention through various news outlets, particularly a report published by Daily Post Nigeria on 5th July 2025, that the Minister of Works, Mr. Dave Umahi, has made a deeply offensive and politically misguided statement to the effect that the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu should not be tied to political support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 elections.

Let it be stated in unequivocal terms: Dave Umahi does not speak for Ndigbo. He speaks only for himself and the selfish collection of political opportunists that have, for decades, traded the blood, dignity, and future of their own people for personal advancement and crumbs from A*o Rock.

The issue of Mazi Nnamdi Kanuโ€™s continued illegal detention is not a matter for political negotiations or electoral permutations. It is a matter of justice, law, and fundamental human rights. The Court of Appeal of Nigeria, in October 2022, clearly discharged and acquitted Kanu of all charges and declared his extraordinary rendition from Kenya as unlawful. The Kenyan High Court, in a landmark judgment on 24th June 2025, affirmed that Kanuโ€™s abduction, torture, and illegal transfer to Nigeria violated international law and the African Charter. A Federal High Court of Nigeria held same. That a Nigerian minister would still speak as though Mazi Nnamdi Kanuโ€™s fate is negotiable is not only a disgraceโ€”it is a betrayal.

For Dave Umahi to suggest that the political support of Ndigbo in 2027 is in any way conditional on Kanuโ€™s release reveals either an unforgivable ignorance of public sentiment in the South East or a wilful attempt to whitewash the grave injustice done to the Igbo people. Tinubu and APC will face the consequences of the lengthy detention of Kanu without trial and for ignoring court orders that mandated his release.

Let it be known:

Dave Umahi cannot convene a genuine gathering of Igbo sons and daughters without facing total rejection. If he believes otherwise, let him dare to organize a town hall in Enugu, Aba, or Onitsha and see how many people show up voluntarily.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu commands a following rooted in the deep-seated grievance of a people marginalized, violated, and silenced by a dishonest federation. To compare or reduce him to a political bargaining chip is an insult to the collective pain and resilience of Ndigbo and Biafrans all over the world. Dave Umahi and his ilk are inconsequential Abuja rent boys and they will be shocked come 2027.

The likes of Dave Umahi, who change allegiance depending on who occupies A*o Rock, are not leaders. They are errand boys. If Satan were to assume the presidency tomorrow, these men would be the first to praise him so long as it secures them a ministerial portfolio.

This moment calls for courage, not cowardice; honour, not servility. Kanuโ€™s release is not a gift to be given in exchange for votes. It is a legal, moral, and constitutional obligation.

The sooner people like Dave Umahi realize that the Igbo nation is no longer beholden to the politics of crumbs, the better for their own fading relevance.

Ndigbo are watching. The world is watching. And history will not be kind to traitors.

Signed:
Chijioke Nwachukwu
Public Affairs Commentator & Advocate for Justice

09/07/2025

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™—๐™ž๐™œ๐™—๐™ค ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™–'๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ: ๐˜ผ ๐™๐™š๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ก๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™ช'๐™จ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™’๐™ž๐™ ๐™š

โ— ๐‘ฉ๐’š ๐‘ฐ๐’Œ๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’–๐’Œ๐’˜๐’– ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’‚๐’‡๐’“๐’‚ | ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’๐’š 9, 2025

In the aftermath of the tragic events that unfolded in Obigbo, Rivers State, in late 2020, Nigeria was forced once again to confront the fault lines of its national identity, the integrity of its institutions, and the conscience of its press.

Among the many moments that defined this painful chapter was a 2021 interview between veteran journalist Dele Momodu and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The conversation, which aired at a time of heightened national tension, offered a rare, unfiltered insight into what IPOB described as a deliberate and deadly crackdown on the Igbo population in Rivers State โ€” an operation Kanu alleged was orchestrated by then-Governor Nyesom Wike under the pretext of security enforcement.

During the interview, Kanu accused Governor Wike of launching a campaign of violence in Igbo-majority areas such as Obigbo, under a controversial โ€˜state of emergency.โ€™ He claimed that military forces, allegedly deployed under federal orders, carried out house-to-house raids, targeting and arresting civilians based on ethnicity. Some, he said, were transported to distant prisons in northern Nigeria where they were subjected to routine torture, denied access to food and medical care, and stripped of basic legal protections.

Kanu further alleged that this operation was politically motivated โ€” a deal struck between Wike and elements of the northern political elite in exchange for future political favors. He branded Wike a โ€œlittle Hitlerโ€ and accused the governor of trading human lives for political ambition.

Following the viral spread of that interview, and the backlash it sparked, Governor Wike extended an invitation to Dele Momodu and his media team. What followed, according to critics and observers, was a media pivot that many have since questioned โ€” not for its access, but for its silence.

Momodu, once seen as a forthright voice in Nigerian journalism, appeared to undergo a rapid transformation. His visit to Rivers State was marked by lavish hospitality, which included state-sponsored meals, entertainment, and what some described as a carefully curated public relations tour. In the days and weeks that followed, Momoduโ€™s platforms were awash with glowing portrayals of Wikeโ€™s infrastructural achievements, with little or no mention of the serious allegations Kanu had raised.

This shift did not go unnoticed. Among pro-Biafran circles and sections of the Igbo public, it was viewed as a betrayal โ€” an abdication of the journalistโ€™s sacred duty to speak truth to power. Kanu himself later criticized what he saw as the commodification of journalistic ethics, once stating, โ€œThe problem of Nigeria is the Ibadan expressway brown-envelope journalist โ€” once you feed them, they testify to the goodness of the devil.โ€

To be fair, journalists walk a perilous path in Nigeria. The terrain is riddled with threats โ€” legal, physical, financial. But that reality does not absolve the profession of its responsibility to the truth, particularly in moments of national tragedy.

Dele Momodu's post-interview trajectory, as alleged by his critics, raises uncomfortable questions: What becomes of truth when it competes with comfort? Can a journalist bear witness to atrocity and then choose silence, simply because he has dined with the accused?

Governor Wike has consistently denied allegations of ethnic targeting and has portrayed his administration as committed to law, order, and development. Yet the events in Obigbo remain unresolved, with many victimsโ€™ families still searching for answers โ€” and justice.

As the political tides turn and alliances shift once more, it appears that the same forces that once embraced Dele Momodu may now be distancing themselves. The irony is not lost on observers.

In the end, journalism, at its core, is not about feasting at the table of power. It is about standing in the gaps โ€” between the oppressed and their oppressors, between truth and propaganda, between history and revision.

Obigbo is not just a place. It is a symbol โ€” of what happens when the powerful go unchallenged, and when the press forgets whose side it is supposed to be on.

Ikechukwu Biafra ...โœ๏ธ๐Ÿฝ
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