Mazi Chika Edoziem has been named the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) new leader.
IPOB declared that Edoziem would oversee its operations until the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
A statement by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said Edoziem would relinquish the leadership role to Kanu when he is released.
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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.”
Edoziem is thought to be the IPOB’s vice-president.
Currently, Kanu is detained by the Department of State Services, or DSS.
The IPOB leader has been detained by the DSS ever since he was recaptured and brought home from Kenya in 2011.
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