The Nigerian constabulary on Dominicus said at that topographic point was no onrush at the abode of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, inwards Abia State.
This came later the incident that occurred at the abode of Mr. Kanu which left around IPOB members injured. Click HERE to read an before study of how a Biafran was shot.
In reaction to the incident, constabulary say military machine personnel were alone carrying out a procession to examination a novel armoured carrier.
“There was no onrush on the abode of Nnamdi Kanu,” Abia constabulary commissioner, Leye Oyebade, said, according to Premium Times.
“What happened was that the military machine was parading a novel armoured carrier as well as passed through Nnamdi Kanu’s residence.
“It was spell they were passing that around people threw stones as well as other things at them,” Mr Oyebade explained.
The constabulary main said normalcy has been restored as well as no life was lost.
But Mr Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had painted a dissimilar concern human relationship of what transpired at the abode of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, proverb at that topographic point was a siege.
In a statement, Mr Ejiofor defendant the Buhari management of attempting to get got his client’s life.
“Just to warning the basis that the Nigeria military machine personnel nether the ascendancy of Chief of Army Staff is shortly laying a siege on my customer (Nnamdi Kanu) province abode inwards Umuahia.
“They had continued to shot sporadically into the air through which assault, nearly 5 of his identify unit of measurement members were brutally wounded as well as around unfortunately killed. There is no uncertainty that the introduce deployment of troops to the South East is to haunt for my customer as well as peradventure eliminate him,” the disputation said.
Mr Ejiofor added that if something goes incorrect amongst his client’s life, the international would concur the country’s president responsible.
“Let the whole basis know that if anything untoward happens to my client, that President Buhari as well as his Chief of Army Staff should survive held responsible past times the international Community.
“We are shortly counting the expose of casualties every bit the onslaught progress. The basis should survive straightaway notified nearly the tension inwards Biafra land, created past times the authorities inwards power. We must adopt all know the legal machinery to resist the unconstitutional but vehement approach inwards dealing amongst unarmed people but operating inside the confines of the law. Buhari must survive held responsible.
“We are ready to introduce our illustration i time again before the International Court of Justice. The families that lost their dearest ones inwards the terminal twelvemonth May 29 vehement onrush past times the military machine are all the same to recover from the stupor of losing their love ones. This province of affairs must survive arrested inwards time.”