Nnamdi
Kanu: Lawyer confirms Jerusalem appearance
Posted By: Sunny Nwankwo On: October
21, 2018 In: Featured, News, News Update
Mr. Ifeanyi
Ejiofor, lawyer to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, said yesterday that the Biafra agitator is alive and will
address his supporters today direct from Jerusalem, Israel.
Ejiofor, who had previously
accused the Nigerian Army of abducting Kanu during the September 2017 invasion
of his residence in Umuahia, said the video showing him praying in Israel 13
months after he disappeared was authentic.
Former Aviation Minister, Mr.
Femi Fani -Kayode who claimed recently that his intelligence sources told him
that Kanu was being detained aboard a Nigerian Navy vessel off the coast, also
made a dramatic u-turn yesterday, saying Kanu had called him by phone saying he
is “alive and well.”
Ejiofor, in a statement, said,
“This morning (yesterday), I received a direct confirmation from my client,
hearing once from him after 13 months in captivity.
“I am very delighted therefore,
to use this singular opportunity to announce to the world that my client is the
very person seen in the pictures /video. That I can confirm authoritatively.
“Furthermore, the shocking tale
of how he made it alive once again will be made public in his scheduled world
press broadcast to be beamed live within the next 24 hours.
“The world will now hear from
the horse’s mouth, the gory accounts of what happened in my client’s home on
the 14th day of September 2017, only tomorrow (today).”
Kanu to
partner with us in removing Buhari – Fani-Kayode
On his part, Fani-Kayode said
on Twitter yesterday that he “just received a call from my brother Nnamdi Kanu.
“I am delighted that he is
alive and well. I commend his strength and courage even as I marvel at the
loyalty, resilience and commitment of his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor and IPOB. We
have agreed to work together to VOTE Buhari out.”
Mixed
reactions trail public appearance
There were mixed reactions
yesterday in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, to the Thursday public
appearance of Nnamdi Kanu in Jerusalem, Israel.
The issue was the subject of
discussion in areas such as Power line, Ariaria, Cemetery, Shopping Centre, St
Michael’s road, Pound road and other parts of Aba.
While some people said they were happy that he is alive after all, others
expressed disappointment that Kanu and his associates took the people for a
ride, by claiming that he was killed during the September 2017 incident when
indeed he went into hiding.
One Chukwuemeka Okoroafor
said that the video and pictures of Kanu praying in Israel is a
reassurance that the “march to freedom is not yet over.”
A security analyst who does not
want to be named said: “We knew that Kanu was alive.
“We knew that he escaped during
the army raid on his father’s home. We probed and from inside sources in the
military, we were reliably told that Kanu indeed escaped.
“This video and pictures
have vindicated former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu who had
earlier stated that Kanu was in the United Kingdom.
“I have, since yesterday, been
asking why IPOB would now order people to stay away from business in honour of
a man that they said was missing when they know that he is still alive. I pity
those that died and those that are still going to die for this man.”
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