The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced that the Monday, February 2, 2026 sit-at-home protest, earlier declared by the pro-Biafra organisation, shall go ahead as planned, urging all IPOB supporters and the general ‘Biafran public’ to disregard any purported resignation within the Biafran self-determination organisation’s fold, or cancellation of the protest by persons the organisation said are no longer known to IPOB.
In a statement issued on Sunday – earlier today, February 1, 2026 – the organisation’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, warned that those he described as “government or APC agent masquerading as IPOB” would be “exposed in due course.”
“It is public knowledge that Ifeanyi Ejiofor has been sacked by Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and neither represents him nor the IPOB he leads,” Powerful asserted, disclosing that “Ifeanyi Ejiofor was sacked over two years ago and has no business with Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
“Chinasa Nworu and Chika Edoziem contacted me last week and asked me to stop issuing statements publicizing our leader’s unlawful detention and I refused. That was when they started plotting to hijack the leadership of IPOB and divert attention from our leader,” Powerful further charged.
“Those individuals appointed into the Directorate of State (DOS) by our leader have compromised the integrity of this struggle by holding meetings with Governor Soludo aimed at undermining the solidarity shown to Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the traders of Onitsha Main Market and they should be ashamed of themselves.
“The public is hereby advised to disregard every fake and fabricated resignation being circulated in my name. I spoke with a member of DOS two days ago in the person of Chinasa Nworu, who wants me to abandon ifeanyi2211@gmail.com and our leader in detention. If I “do not exist,” the public should ask him whom he spoke to.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Ifeanyi Ejiofor wrote to me yesterday – Saturday, January 31, 2026 – requesting that I call off the sit-at-home protest. If I do not exist, whom exactly did he write to? He no longer represents our leader and has no authority within IPOB.
“Anti-Biafra forces opposed to the release of our leader have infiltrated and hijacked the online ifeanyi2211@gmail.com e space, using the names of IPOB and DOS to confuse the public. These political jobbers do not work for Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and do not speak for IPOB. They will be unmasked.
“I will be appearing on talk shows and granting radio and media interviews from today through tomorrow morning.
“Attempts to use my temporary non-appearance to claim I “do not exist” are laughable. The same individuals I spoke with days ago are now spreading falsehoods online. While agents of the Nigerian government may have seized control of elements within DOS, the wider IPOB family remains uncontaminated.
“Biafrans are advised to beware of charlatans, ignore misinformation, and comply with the sit-at-home order on Monday.”
