The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that Nigeria is facing divine judgment for allegedly mocking and persecuting its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The statement, signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, at the weekend, comes amid renewed national insecurity, worsening attacks in the Middle Belt, and heightened public discourse over the fate of Nnamdi Kanu, who remains in prolonged detention on charges of terrorism and incitement.
Citing various Biblical scriptures, Emma Powerful framed Kanu as a “prophet of God” who warned Nigeria of impending destruction but was instead abducted, tortured, and unjustly imprisoned.
The statement directly attacks the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian mainstream press, accusing both of spreading “satanic propaganda” that wrongly portrays Nnamdi Kanu as an instigator of violence in the Southeast.
The statement read in part, “A nation that rejects its redeemer must prepare to meet its ruin. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a man sent by Divine Will to warn and save the indigenous peoples of Nigeria from the coming darkness, was mocked, vilified, abducted, tortured, and detained. Now the land groans with blood and agony, and Nigeria must drink the bitter cup she has poured.
“The shameless lies currently being peddled by a morally bankrupt press—led by brown-envelope journalists and instructed by the Janjaweed-controlled Ministry of Information—claim that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu incited violence in the Southeast.
“This satanic propaganda, issued in concert with DSS agents of death and destruction, is designed to blind the world from the real carnage—the butchering of Nigerian citizens by bloodthirsty, foreign-backed Fulani herdsmen masquerading as pasture-seeking nomads.
“What manner of wickedness makes a people call their saviour an enemy while embracing their true destroyers?
“When Buhari’s genocidal regime attempted to hand over Nigeria’s rivers, streams, and lakes through the RUGA and Waterways Bill to foreign terrorists masquerading as herdsmen, it was Mazi Nnamdi Kanu—yes, he alone—who stood against it and rallied a sleeping population to resist.”
“He called for a peaceful referendum, not war. He preached self-determination, not terror. Yet, instead of heeding his prophetic voice, Nigeria conspired with foreign collaborators to kidnap him in a foreign land, in defiance of international law and the African Charter,” the secessionist group stated.
The IPOB statement draws parallels between Kanu’s warnings and the ongoing massacres in Benue, Plateau, and other parts of Nigeria.
It alleges that herdsmen, backed by foreign interests and shielded by state complicity, are the real threat to national security.
The group demanded a national apology—both public and private—to Kanu, claiming it is the only way to lift the siege currently afflicting the country.
The statement continued: “Today, that wrath has begun. While the compromised media obsesses over Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB, Benue burns. Plateau bleeds. Southern Kaduna is razed.
The statement said, “Entire communities have been wiped out and replaced by armed invaders from the Sahel, emboldened by silence from security agencies and complicity from the Nigerian state. The real terrorists roam freely while prophets are jailed.
“Let it be known: every drop of innocent blood spilled across Nigeria cries out against this nation. Nigeria has committed the sin of Pharaoh—hardened her heart and chosen slavery to foreign marauders over freedom through truth. Like ancient Israel, she stoned her prophets and mocked the warnings from heaven. Now, the sword shall not depart from her land.
“The time for hypocrisy is over. Until Nigerians—both individually and collectively—fall to their knees, confess their betrayal, and publicly or privately apologise to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the siege will not be lifted. The God of Hosts will not relent. For what you did to His prophet shall now be done unto you.”
“Let the DSS parade a thousand false witnesses. Let the newspapers print a thousand lies. But like Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Elijah before him, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has spoken the truth that only time will vindicate. Already, his prophecies have begun to unfold. The rest shall come to pass,” the statement added.
