IPOB tackles Gov Soludo over attack on Peter Obi

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) spokesman, Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, has berated the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, over his attack on the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, regarding calls for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

In a statement issued on Monday, Comrade Emma Powerful said IPOB had watched with utter disgust and righteous anger how Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, through his government, viciously attacked Mr Peter Obi for demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

He described the Governor’s action as not only a tragic betrayal but also a painful display of naked hypocrisy and desperate political prostitution.

He said, “Let it be known to the world that on Friday, May 13, 2022, the same Governor Soludo made a high-profile visit to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at the DSS facility in Abuja. He sat with our leader, shook his hands, looked into his eyes, and publicly demanded his release.”

He said, “He went as far as offering to stand as surety for Kanu. As recently as March 2025, Soludo’s own Commissioner for Information, Mr Law Mefor, boasted that the governor ‘has been actively working towards Kanu’s release’ because he believed it would restore peace in the South-East.”

He regretted that today, the same Soludo, through his government, has described Peter Obi’s identical call for justice as “a slap on the Nigerian judiciary” and claims it undermines judicial processes.

The IPOB spokesman said this is not statesmanship but the height of treachery and political chameleonic behaviour.

He accused the governor of a sudden change driven by what he described as a blind and shameless ambition to become Vice-President in 2031 under a Fulani-led ticket and of choosing to sacrifice Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the collective interest of the Igbo nation on the altar of caliphate appeasement.

He said, “You want to outdo Dave Umahi, Orji Uzor Kalu, Hope Uzodinma, Rochas Okorocha and Chris Ngige in the hall of fame of Igbo betrayers. But history has already judged them, and it will judge you even more harshly”.

Emma Powerful declared that no true son of the soil — no man with authentic Igbo blood flowing in his veins — turns against the freedom of his own brother after riding on that same cause to power.

He said, “You visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in detention when you needed Igbo votes and his moral endorsement to become governor. Now that you occupy the seat, you have shamelessly turned against him and the people who put you there, all in pursuit of crumbs from Abuja.”

The group described Governor Soludo not as a leader but as a political weathercock turning wherever the wind of power blows.

He said, “The hypocrite of the highest order. The same judiciary you now defend with fake reverence is the one that has held our leader in illegal, dehumanising detention for years in clear violation of court orders. Yet you choose to defend oppression against your own brother for personal gain.”

According to him, Soludo’s shameful new stance is not only a betrayal of the Igbo cause but also a direct insult to the memory of great Igbo icons who fearlessly championed the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

He described it as an insult to the legacy of Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, the revered First Republic minister who offered refuge to Nelson Mandela at his darkest hour when he fled to Nigeria.

IPOB also described it as an insult to the memory of Chief Emmanuel Obiozor, Ambassador George Obiozor, and the entire leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo – men of integrity who stood boldly for justice and the unconditional release of their leader.

He declared that the demand for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release is not an Igbo affair alone, adding that IPOB stands shoulder to shoulder with Prophet Ayodele, the respected Yoruba cleric who spoke truth to power just a few days ago, alongside other well-meaning Nigerians from the Hausa North, the Christian Middle Belt, and across the federation who have continued to call for his freedom.

Justice knows no tribe. Only a man chasing personal ambition at the expense of his people would pretend otherwise.

The blood of thousands of innocent Biafran youths slaughtered in the East continues to cry out from the ground. Their mothers still weep inconsolably.

Their children still ask why their fathers remain in chains. At this critical moment, an Igbo governor chooses to pour salt on these open wounds just to please his northern political allies. Shame! Deep, generational shame on you, Soludo!

IPOB stands firmly with Mr Peter Obi, Prophet Ayodele, and every well-meaning Nigerian — Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Middle Belt and beyond — who continues to demand the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

He said the release of their leader is not a political tool for ambition but a non-negotiable demand for justice, equity and the restoration of the dignity of the Igbo nation and the conscience of Nigeria.

The group warned Governor Soludo and the Igbo nation that those who trade collective interest for personal gain often end up discarded like used tissue paper.

He said, “Your northern masters will never trust a proven betrayer of his own people. Release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu now.”

He said, “The spirit of Biafra is alive. The resolve of Ndigbo and all justice-loving Nigerians remains unshaken. No amount of political gymnastics or betrayal from modern-day efulefus like Soludo can stop the unstoppable march towards freedom and justice.”