Following a deepening rift within the Indigenous People of Biafra as a result of the the dissolution of the third administration of IPOB’s Directorate of State, led by Chika Edoziem, and the inauguration of a new leadership headed by US-based Chris Nwaọgụ, the movement on Friday threatened disciplinary action against members accused of undermining the authority of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, warned that any member or faction acting contrary to Kanu’s directives or the organisation’s Code of Conduct would face sanctions, including suspension, removal from office and expulsion.
IPOB made it clear that Kanu exercised powers conferred on him by the organisation’s Code of Conduct, stressing that Kanu remains the only person vested with the authority to appoint, suspend or dismiss principal officers within the organisation.
“Any individual or group that persists in defying the lawful authority of the Supreme Leader, undermining the command-and-control structure of IPOB, or acting contrary to the Code of Conduct shall face severe disciplinary measures, including suspension, removal from office, and expulsion from the movement.
“The era of indiscipline, constitutional recklessness, and unauthorised power-grabbing within IPOB is over. The authority of the Supreme Leader remains supreme, unquestionable, and binding on all members,” the statement pointed out.
According to the group, the third Directorate of State administration no longer exists and any action taken by Edoziem or members of his team after their dissolution remains invalid.
“The 3rd Administration of the Directorate of State no longer exists. Its tenure has been terminated by lawful authority and its powers extinguished. Consequently, any directive, instruction, statement, appointment, suspension, or administrative action purportedly issued by Chika Edoziem or any member of the dissolved administration after its dissolution is null, void, and incapable of creating any legal or organisational consequence within IPOB,” IPOB declared.
