Mazi Chika Edoziem deputy leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reportedly taking over as interim leader of the Biafra movement.
He was announced as the replacement for Nnamdi Kanu who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
Mazi Edoziem is expected to coordinate the secessionist group until Nnamdi Kanu is released, after which he will give up the interim leadership role.
See statement from the Group’s spokesperson Emma Powerful.
The statement reads partly: “For the avoidance of doubt, the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (DOS), headed by Mazi Chika Edoziem, is at the helm of affairs of the Biafra movement; whenever our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU comes out, he hands over IPOB structure back to him.”
Before now, Edoziem is believed to be the IPOB deputy leader.
His principal, Kanu, is facing charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony.