{"id":61064,"date":"2022-03-11T18:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=61064"},"modified":"2022-03-11T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T16:58:19","slug":"biafra-drama-as-nnamdi-kanus-disciple-insists-biafra-agitator-no-longer-ipob-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-drama-as-nnamdi-kanus-disciple-insists-biafra-agitator-no-longer-ipob-leader","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: Drama as Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s disciple insists Biafra agitator no longer IPOB leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, insisted that the agitator no longer leads the group.<\/p>\n

Ekpa maintained that Kanu has been removed as the leader of IPOB and made a Corporate Director of the separatist group.<\/p>\n

He disclosed this while reacting to claims that Kanu has not been removed as IPOB\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n

A report had it that Kanu was removed as the Director of IPOB and replaced with Sofia Chinyere Kalu.<\/p>\n

Mrs Kalu is said to be the group\u2019s Financial Secretary in the UK.<\/p>\n

According to Ezeji Chukwuma, a separatist, who manages IPOB and Radio Biafra Community Interest Companies (CIC) Registry in London, UK, Kalu is the new Director of IPOB worldwide.<\/p>\n

But IPOB\u2019s spokesman, Emma Powerful, had described claims of Kanu\u2019s removal as a gossip.<\/p>\n

Also, Kanu\u2019s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, said such reports were untrue.<\/p>\n

However, Ekpa described the denials issued over Kanu\u2019s removal as a shame.<\/p>\n

In a tweet, Ekpa wrote: \u201cIt is a shame that those who claim to be fighting for Biafra, after removing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from being the leader of IPOB, can publicly and shamelessly debunk the news, even when it is obtainable online that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not the leader but Sofia Kalu.<\/p>\n

\u201cDisregard those claiming that MNK was not removed as the leader of IPOB. The fact is that they removed him, we busted and exposed them and till now MNK is not the leader, rather a corporate director of IPOB worldwide, CIC. We will explain this in a few minutes during the live broadcast.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, insisted that the agitator no longer leads the group. Ekpa maintained that Kanu has been removed as the leader of IPOB and made a Corporate Director of the separatist group. 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