The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised concerns over what it described as a calculated propaganda effort aimed at influencing international opinion ahead of the anticipated court ruling involving its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
In a statement released on Friday by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB alleged that a coordinated effort is underway to tarnish Kanu’s image and manipulate public sentiment in the build-up to the October 10, 2025, court decision.
According to the group, negative narratives are being intentionally circulated, while positive reports that could exonerate or vindicate Kanu are being systematically suppressed.
“Reports that vindicate our leader are deliberately suppressed,” IPOB said in the statement.
The group further claimed that this pattern is not new, pointing to previous instances where Kanu’s identity was allegedly distorted, particularly before his 2021 arrest.
“This is not the first time Nnamdi Kanu’s identity was being misrepresented,” the statement added.
IPOB warned that the ongoing media distortion, in its view, is part of a larger plan to justify what it termed a “pre-arranged judgment” against Kanu when he appears before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on October 10.
“Such deliberate distortions are paving the way for what it called a ‘pre-arranged judgment’ against its leader in October,” the group asserted.
The organisation called on the United Nations, the United States Congress, the Human Rights Council, and international media outlets to take note of what it described as a “dangerous trend,” warning that history would hold those responsible to account.
“History would hold all those responsible accountable,” Emma Powerful emphasized.
Separately, IPOB distanced itself from Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed Biafra Prime Minister recently convicted by the government of Finland.
Responding to media inquiries, IPOB said it has no links to Ekpa or his actions.
“IPOB said it is not connected to the activities of Ekpa,” the statement noted, adding that the group is “not bothered by whatever happened to the Finland-based agitator,” and that “he was alone in his travails.
