Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the junior brother of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has cried out over sinister plot by “enemies of Igbo” to frame him up and eventually jail him like they did to his elder brother.
He said that the people hatching the plot have labelled him the spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) in order to
achieve their aim of freezing his freedom.
Prince Emmanuel, who has been the spokesman of the Okwu-Kanu family, vehemently denied being spokesperson of IPOB), saying that those insinuating that he is Emma Powerful were doing so for sinister motives.
He raised the alarm over the ongoing malicious propaganda targeted at him with the purpose of making up an excuse to clamp him into jail on the allegation that he is the same person as Emma Powerful, the media and publicity secretary of IPOB.
Prince Emmanuel stated that security agencies “are not in doubt of the existence or identity of Emma Powerful, who has once granted telephone interview to Channels Television”.
His clarifications were prompted by an article written by one Stanley George, published on an online news platform, claiming that there is a growing narrative that Kanu’s brother is the same person as Emma Powerful.
The article enitled:”Prince Fineboy Kanu, the Emma Powerful Controversy, and Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s Call for Peace in the South East” also alleged that the agitation for Biafra self-determination has become a business of the Okwu-Kanu family.
The author, who passed off as an apologist of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, was responding to the scathing criticisms of the former Abia State Governor’s apparent support of Kanu’s life jail as pronounced by Justice James Omotosho on November 20, 2025.
The writer alleged that Emma Powerful, whom he insinuated to be the same person as Kanu’s junior brother, has been setting the South East ablaze through his “inflammatory statements”.
George defended Senator Kalu, saying that the Abia North Senator has emerged as “one of the few consistent voices calling for restraint, calm, and a return to dialogue” in the Biafra agitation.
But Prince Emmanuel identified the article as “a sponsored media propaganda by the enemies of Ndigbo to incite the security agencies against him in furtherance of the secret agenda to permanently weaken the Igbo nation”.
He said that it was “too lame and laughable” for anyone to swap his identity with the IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, adding that those engaging in identity theft in order to nail him would fail in their evil plans.
Prince Emmanuel who said he was still preoccupied with catering for his brother in jail, explained that he would not have loved to dignify the article with a response but for the need to put the records straight for the sake of the gullible.
The statement read in part: “Ordinarily, I would have refrained from dignifying this gibberish with a response if not for those who are gullible.
“My major concentration at the moment is to provide care for my brother who is a prisoner of conscience and victim of Nigeria’s injustice and entrenched hatred for the Igbo.
“We know that this is an orchestrated plot by the enemies to frame me up, and possibly confine me to a place the way they did to my brother.
“It is no longer in doubt that some traitors camouflaging as Igbo leaders are conniving with the enemies to sabotage the interest of Ndigbo.
“They are already known for whom they are, and no amount of media propaganda or blackmail will change the public perception about their true identity. But they should remember that history will judge them”.
