An image viewed thousands of times claims to show a drone sent by the Nigerian government shot down in southeastern Nigeria by Biafran separatists. The claim is false. AFP Fact Check found that the image is of a Turkish-made drone hit by an air defence unit of the Artsakh Defence Army in the contested Nagorno-Karaba.
Following the vacuum created by the absence of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the group has appointed Chika Edoziem as its acting leader. The Nigerian Government arrested Kanu in Kenya from where he was renditioned to Nigeria on June 27, 2021, to face charges bordering on treasonable felony. Since his arrest, he has been in the detention facility of the nation's secret police Department of State Services (DSS).
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said Nnamdi Kanu remains its leader, while clarifying that Chika Edoziem serves as the Administrative Head of the global family. It said the clarification became necessary following reports in the media that it has appointed Edoziem as the acting leader of IPOB.