Nnamdi Kanu
The presidency on Tuesday reacted to the reappearance of Nnamdi Kanu months after the Biafran leader was rumoured to have been killed.
Speaking on the matter in an interview on the BBC Hausa Service, President Muhammadu Buhari’s media ade, Garba Shehu, revealed exactly what will happened to the IPOB leader, Kanu.
“If it happens to be true, the video footage showing Mr Nnamdi Kanu; the truth has been revealed about his alleged assassination against Nigerian government,” Mr Shehu said.
According to him; “the Nigerian government was put under pressure on false accusations that Mr Kanu had either been killed or kidnapped.
“This fairy tale went up to United Nations General Assembly where some IPOB members staged a protest accusing Nigeria government of kidnapping and even killing of Mr. Kanu,” Mr Shehu said.
He said now that Mr Kanu has appeared, people will know who lied between the government and those that made accusations.
When asked what will happen if Mr. Kanu eventually returns to Nigeria, Mr Shehu said his trial would be expected to continue.
Meanwhile, it should be recall that Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), disappeared last year after the Nigerian soldiers invaded his home in Afaraukwu, Umuahia, Abia State.
Following the clash, many IPOB supporters had accused the military of killing their leader. Even his trial for felony was also stalled due to his absence as his lawyer insisted he was either killed or kidnapped by soldiers who attacked his family house during the military exercise.
Kanu, however appeared in a video last Friday, where he was captured praying live at the Holy city of David in Jerusalem, Israel.
Kanu later did a broadcast on Sunday from his hideout.
“I have returned full-time and I’m coming back home I will bring hell with me,” Mr Kanu said in the broadcast monitored on the IPOB Facebook page. He insisted on his group’s demand for a referendum for Igbos to determine if they want to be part of Nigeria or want a separate Biafra country.
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