NSCN/PRN names Inno. Amento Naga as president

DIMAPUR – The National Socialist Council of Nagaland/People’s Republic of Nagaland (NSCN/PRN) has named Inno. Amento Naga as its president, according to an “Official Declaration of Leadership” delivered in person to Nagaland.News by I Sema, the group’s town commander.

The declaration, numbered NSCN/PRN/02/2026, says a Joint Council Meeting of the group’s “Civil Authority and the Naga Army Council” unanimously elected six leaders on November 10, 2026. It follows the group’s September announcement of its formation, first reported in a Nagaland.News exclusive.

The document is signed by Joseph Naga, “Secretary to NSCN/PRN”, and by an officer signing on behalf of the Naga Army Council. It carries the group’s seal and says it is issued “for official records, publication, and public information.”

Who NSCN/PRN says it has elected

The declaration lists the following office-bearers, reproduced here as written in the document:

• Inno. Amento Naga: President
• Col. A. Phom (Retd): Kilonser, Keya (Defense)
• P. Nyemdam: Secretary, Keya (Defense)
• K Awomi: Kilonser, Alee (Foreign Affairs)
• S Aung: Secretary, Alee (Foreign Affairs)
• Brigadier Huka Sumi: Commander, Western Command

In the vocabulary of Naga political groups, a Kilonser is a minister. Keya refers to the defence department and Alee to foreign affairs.

The group says the leaders were elected “in accordance with the established rules, regulations, procedures, and governing provisions of the NSCN/PRN” and will take up their duties under the organisation’s “established principles, regulations, and decisions.”

What the NSCN/PRN leadership declaration leaves out

The printed declaration left the day blank both in its date line and in the line stating when the election “was concluded”, each reading “____ November 2026”. The group told Nagaland.News by phone on November 10 that it had forgotten to fill in the date, and that the election concluded and both documents were issued that day.

The declaration does not say where the Joint Council Meeting was held.

The list names no vice-president. In September, Joseph Naga told Nagaland.News that the group had selected a president, a vice-president and its army leadership, and that it had no Ato Kilonser (prime minister). The new document also gives no biographical details or photographs of the six leaders.

Nagaland.News has not been able to independently verify the identities of the named leaders, the election, or the group’s claims about its strength and structure. Everything in the declaration is the group’s own account.

A covering letter asks the media to publish

A separate press statement delivered with it, carrying the same reference number and also signed by Joseph Naga, asks “all media organizations, newspapers, news agencies” to publish and circulate the leadership declaration.

It says the announcement is meant to inform “the public, Naga Civil Society organizations, intellectuals, stakeholders and the wider community about the leadership structure and administration of NSCN/PRN.”

How NSCN/PRN emerged

In a declaration dated September 10, the NSCN/PRN said it had been formed in Myanmar by senior Naga Army generals and Kilonser-rank leaders. Speaking to Nagaland.News by phone at the time, Joseph Naga said about 11 or 12 generals and Kilonser-level leaders first discussed its formation and that more than 160 army personnel later joined. He said the group was not “another factional split.”

The group did not name its leaders then. Joseph Naga said they were spread across different areas and that communication was limited, and promised to share the leadership details once that was possible. The new declaration is the first time the group has named its office-bearers.

The group uses the name “People’s Republic of Nagaland”, which differs from the “GPRN” title used by several other NSCN factions.

How Naga bodies in Myanmar have responded

The group’s emergence drew a cautious response in Eastern Nagaland in Myanmar. A public gathering at Lahe on September 13, attended by the Naga Students’ Organisation (NSO), tribal hohos and the Naga Traditional, Literature and Cultural Committee, took note of the NSCN-PRN declaration, according to reports by The Morung Express and Eastern Mirror.

The gathering resolved that it would not recognise or encourage the formation of new Naga factions in Myanmar, particularly in Eastern Nagaland, and urged all Naga national groups to unite under one umbrella. The NSO said it had “no established information regarding the organization’s movement or activities in Myanmar.”

Nagaland.News found no public response to the NSCN/PRN from the Government of India or from other Naga political groups as of November 10.

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