Mazi Nworu Exposes the Web of Political Sponsorship Behind Insecurity in Imo and Anambra
He accused Governor Uzodinma of “trying all he can to cover up” the deaths of individuals who once served the state’s disinformation campaign. “They know these men and worked with them,” he wrote, adding that IPOB’s intelligence wing had kept extensive records of each covert operation and intends to declassify them at the right time.
A fresh wave of revelations has again unsettled official circles in Imo State following a viral Facebook post by Mazi Chinasa Nworu, a senior leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
In the post, Nworu accused Governor Hope Uzodinma and allied security operatives of using, eliminating, and deliberately concealing the elimination of criminal gangs operating across Imo and Anambra, saying the silence is meant to shield their political patrons from public exposure.
“What are they hiding?” Nworu asked, before recounting a series of targeted killings that, he says, the authorities have refused to acknowledge.
According to him, criminals such as Egbe, Accident, Gentel the Yahoo, and Angle Make Up, all names long mentioned by Mazi Nworu on Radio Biafra as those associated with terror operations in Ihiala and the Orlu axis, have been neutralised in recent weeks.
Yet, rather than announce the successes, the Imo State Government reportedly ordered security agencies and the DSS to maintain silence so that surviving members of the gangs would not reveal their sponsors.
Nworu’s account aligns closely with findings published by Intersociety – the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, which in its latest report detailed how certain billionaires and politically connected figures bankroll and equip violent networks in the South East.
Intersociety concluded that many of these criminal outfits were initially created or funded to blackmail the pro-Biafra movement, distort media narratives, and justify an unrelenting military occupation of Igbo communities.
In his post, Nworu alleged that “Angle Make Up” pleaded for his life after disclosing the identities of sponsors and the channels used for trafficking human organs.
The broader implication of these revelations is that the prolonged insecurity ravaging Imo and neighbouring states is not a spontaneous criminal phenomenon but a manufactured crisis sustained by a network of political and economic interests.
For years, government spokespersons have routinely blamed IPOB and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) for nearly every act of violence in the region. Yet, mounting evidence from rights groups, eyewitnesses, and community leaders increasingly suggests that many of the so-called “unknown gunmen” are mercenary cells created to criminalise the Biafra agitation while enriching their financiers.
Observers note that the state’s selective publicity supports Nworu’s claim. When incidents can be framed against IPOB, security agencies hold press conferences and circulate videos and photographs without conducting any investigation.
When those same operatives eliminate gangs with proven ties to powerful individuals, the operations vanish from official record. The contrast, analysts say, exposes a pattern of information control designed to manage public perception rather than deliver justice.
According to statements by Intersociety, continuing to conceal operations and silence about killings and criminal sponsorship risks deepening mistrust in government and undermining confidence in state institutions. Intersociety has at several times called for robust accountability, insisting that even powerful individuals should not be placed above the law.
For IPOB, the revelations serve both as vindication and as renewed motivation. The movement has consistently maintained that its members are non-violent and that criminals using the IPOB/ESN label were planted to discredit the organisation. Nworu’s promise to release detailed documentation of these covert eliminations underscores IPOB’s determination to reclaim its image from years of state-driven propaganda.
As the world watches, questions multiply. Who truly profits from insecurity in the South East? How deep does the sponsorship network run? And why does the government prefer silence when its own operations could prove that the violence was never about IPOB in the first place?
Until those questions are answered transparently, the suspicion voiced by Mazi Chinasa Nworu, that official secrecy protects the guilty while innocent agitators bear the blame will continue to resonate across the region and beyond.
