Nnamdi Kanu: IPOB Accuses FG Of Stealing Igbo’s Dignity

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Nigerian Government of taking away Igbo’s dignity since September 2017 when the Army raided the residence of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB leader, Kanu has been missing since September last year after some soldiers raided his family home in Umuahia, Abia State.

IPOB had severally accused the military of being in custody of its leader, but the Army kept denying knowing the whereabouts of the secessionist group’s leader.

The government is reportedly making efforts to set up a truth and reconciliation commission in a bid to address IPOB’s agitation for Biafra, but the group has said for it to hold any reconciliation with the government, they must first produce its leader, Kanu.

IPOB’s position was made known by its lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with some Igbo leaders in Enugu.

Ejimaker told reporters, “The fate of our brother Nnamdi Kanu must be addressed. If the witch cried at night and the baby died in the morning, the witch must have killed the baby. Nnamdi Kanu did not rise and disappear. He is not the biblical prophet Elijah that got transfigured to heaven alive.

“Something happened; some people came to his house and those people are the men of the Nigerian Armed Forces. They (military) should speak to Nigerians and say, we went there, shot at people. Maybe we shot at him or wounded him. Let them say that much, then we know that the reconciliation has begun.

“So I recommend that if it is the truth and reconciliation commission that the federal government wants to constitute, let them do that. But some of these things need to be ventilated well. You cannot just come to Igboland or any other part of the country and take their dignity away, and behave as if nothing happened.

“The dignity of the Igboland and Biafra has been taken away since 2017 in the incident that took place at Afaraukwu, Umuahia. It shouldn’t happen. It needs some explanation, an apology is warranted,” said the German-based lawyer.