“When loyalty to personalities replaces loyalty to principles, every movement begins to lose its soul.”
Anyi Kings
Published On the Biafra Post
April 19, 2026
For those unfamiliar with Benjamin Mmadubugwu, he was one of the detainees arrested alongside Nnamdi Kanu in October 2015. Before becoming involved with IPOB, Benjamin was reportedly a street hustler in the Russian Federation. His rise within the movement began after IPOB’s early mobilization efforts around 2012, when Kanu called on young Biafrans in the diaspora willing to return home and serve as volunteer operatives in support of the Biafra cause.
Benjamin Mmadubugwu was said to be among the many who responded to that call. At a critical point, he allegedly had custody of an IPOB radio transmitter imported from Europe into the Southeast.
When IPOB leadership reportedly received intelligence that Nigeria’s DSS had arrested Nnamdi Kanu in a Lagos hotel, panic spread across the ranks. Reports also claimed that laptops and communication devices linked to Kanu had been seized.
In response, IPOB leaders allegedly contacted Benjamin and instructed him to immediately move the radio transmitter from Kanu’s family residence to a safer location. However, instead of complying with the directive, Benjamin reportedly insisted on hearing directly from Kanu—who was already in detention—before taking any action.
That delay, according to this account, proved costly. Benjamin was allegedly traced and arrested by DSS operatives, and the location of the transmitter was exposed. Security agents then seized the equipment. Later, former President Muhammadu Buhari publicly referenced the recovery of a radio transmitter during a media chat.
The controversy did not end there. Benjamin was also accused of submitting a 64-page proposal seeking financial assistance from four Igbo governors for a private farming venture while allegedly presenting himself as a member of IPOB apex leadership body DOS. Critics claim that when the matter surfaced, Kanu defended him instead of taking disciplinary action, and later supported his inclusion in IPOB’s leadership structure which did not go well with the members of DOS .
This raises a deeper political question: why do individuals repeatedly accused of questionable conduct continue to enjoy privileged access and positions of trust around Kanu? Critics contend that Kanu’s continued association with such figures—including certain lawyers, family members, siblings, and allies such as Benjamin Mmadubugwu—suggests a deliberate network built not on competence, ideology, or discipline, but on mutual protection and personal loyalty.
According to this critical narrative, these relationships persist because they serve to shield alleged corrupt interests, suppress internal accountability, and preserve a system centered on personal control rather than the collective vision of Biafra restoration.
Thus, when Benjamin reportedly says Ndi Igbo are following Kanu and not IPOB, opponents interpret it as further evidence that some loyalties are tied more to personalities, private interests, and shared patronage than to the stated mission of the movement.
by Anyi Kings
“A cause that becomes the property of a few will eventually cease to belong to the people.”
Anyi kings April 19, 2026
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