The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the recent cross appeal filed by the federal government as a welcome development that has negated and pulled the rug off the prosecution’s prayers. The group’s Media/ Publicity Secretary Comrade Emma Powerful disclosed this in a press statement he issued on Sunday June 7 2026. Powerful stated that Nnamdi Kanu and the entire leadership of IPOB align completely with the cross appeal that the federal government filed recently in Abuja. According to Powerful, “The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB wishes to draw the attention of the world, the international community, and all men of conscience to yet another spectacular self-inflicted wound by the APC-led Federal Government of Nigeria in its desperate attempt to keep Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in perpetual bondage. In its Notice of Cross-Appeal