The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has taken steps to stop the recently sacked officials from impersonating its leaders in dealing with international bodies and countries, saying that “the era of imposture, unauthorised representation and internal sabotage is over”.
IPOB recently expelled 10 high ranking officials, including head of the Directorate of State(DOS), Chika Edoziem and appointed Mazi Christopher Nwaogu to head the 4th Directorate of State of the organisation.
The group in a statement issued by the Spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said that it has officially communicated the changes in its administrative structure to all relevant international bodies and nations.
According to him, the notifications were issued “under the supreme, exclusive and binding authority of our Supreme Leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu”.
The IPOB Spokesperson said that it’s on public record that “every major member of the United Nations Security Council has been formally and officially notified of the lawful dissolution of the 3rd Administration of the Directorate of State and the inauguration of the 4th Administration headed by Mazi Chris Nwaọgụ”.
He stated that aside the five permanent members of the Security Council, “a total of seventy-two (72) countries and territories have been duly and formally informed of this transition”.
Some of the listed countries include Israel, Italy, Germany, Canada, Kuwait, Switzerland, South Africa, Brazil, Ghana, Russia, and South Korea. Others are Austria, India, Malaysia, Venezuela, Japan, Spain, France, Finland, Norway, Australia, and many others across all continents.
“The new Directorate of State under Mazi Chris Nwaọgụ is now the only legitimate and recognised channel through which IPOB conducts its international affairs,” the Spokesperson said.
He said that a copy of the IPOB Code of Conduct — “the supreme and binding constitutional instrument that governs every member, officer and structure of the movement — has been placed before every notified government and authority”.
The IPOB Spokesperson explained that the organisation’s Code of Conduct was given to the concerned nations and international bodies “to guide their full understanding of this civilised, orderly and constitutionally mandated transition of power”.
“In particular, the Code of Conduct vests exclusive authority in the Supreme Leader(Kanu) under the relevant provision, “the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss erring Principal officers, except and to the extent he clearly and expressly delegates that power to any other principal officer.”
Alluding to the dissolution of the 3rd Directorate of State, Powerful noted that it was “in strict accordance with this provision (that) the Supreme Leader exercised his exclusive power to appoint, suspend, dismiss and dissolve”.
“This decision is final, irrevocable and admits of no review, veto or negotiation,” he declared.
On IPOB’s official documents and political interests, the Spokesperson issued critical notice to that effect, saying that “only official documents, letters, representations and communications endorsed and signed by Mazi Chris Nwaọgụ, Head of the Directorate of State, shall be recognised”.
Such recognitions, he said, would apply “for purposes of asylum applications, political engagements, diplomatic representations or any other interest concerning IPOB family members worldwide”.
“Any document, letter or representation purporting to come from IPOB or its Directorate of State that is not endorsed by Mazi Chris Nwaọgụ is hereby declared a certified fraud.
“Perpetrators, collaborators and anyone who presents or relies on such fraudulent documents before any government or authority anywhere in the world will be subjected to the full force of the law — both within and outside Biafraland. There will be no safe haven,” the IPOB Spokesperson said.
He announced that special administrative action has been “fully deployed” in respect to the sacking of Collins Chineduh, the IPOB National Coordinator for Germany.
To that effect, Powerful said that “both the German Federal Foreign Office and the German Federal Ministry of the Interior have been formally notified and furnished with copies of the letters of termination and suspension”.
“The name of Mazi Abraham Ogbenna has been duly forwarded to the appropriate German authorities for recognition as the new National Coordinator for Germany and no other. Similar notifications and actions are being extended to other jurisdictions as required,” he said.
On recovery of assets, the Spokesperson said that “both legal and administrative measures are already underway to recover all IPOB assets, funds, properties and resources around the world that were under the control or influence of the dissolved 3rd Administration”.
“No stone will be left unturned. Those who think they can dissipate or conceal movement resources do so at their own extreme peril,” he warned.
“Those who have been lawfully removed from office should reflect deeply on their new reality: they no longer speak for IPOB. Their names and actions have been placed before relevant authorities. Their documents are worthless. Their access to assets is being systematically terminated. Further mischief will only compound their isolation and accelerate accountability,” the Spokesperson asserted.
