The Nigerian Army on Tuesday returned to lay siege to the residence of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, inward Abia State, his lawyer said, adding that “they drove inward their thousands to arrest in addition to maim him” in addition to he has non been able to found contact amongst him moments afterwards he got a distress telephone weep upwards from Mr. Kanu.
He said the globe should concur Buhari-led Federal Government responsible if anything untoward happens to the IPOB leader.
In a contention on Tuesday, Mr. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, defendant the Nigerian authorities of placing the separatist agitator nether theater arrest.
He added that at to the lowest degree iv IPOB members had been killed inward the area.
However, the law spokesperson inward the state, Geoffrey Ogbonna, denied the claim.
He said the Army was entirely on its routine patrol in addition to passed through the area.
“They bring moved on forthwith to other parts of the city. I bring been to that area, they were on their normal ongoing demo of force. I don’t intend they tried to interruption into the building,” Mr. Ogbonna said.
According to Mr. Ejiofor: “Just to notify the globe that my client’s (Nnamdi Kanu) theater is before long nether siege past times the tearing soldiers acting nether the straight educational activity of Chief of Army Staff.
“He has been placed nether theater arrest at the minute spell shooting sporadically into the air.
“Casualties are existence counted equally the unprovoked assail progresses. Some IPOB members bring only been killed at to the lowest degree iv people.
“They drove inward their thousands to arrest in addition to maim him. I only got a distress telephone weep upwards from him now. Further efforts to found contact amongst him bring remained unsuccessful.
“As it stands now, I can’t confirm whether he is dead or alive.”
Mr. Ejiofor said the Operation Python Dance before long launched past times the Buhari-led management inward the South East was principally targeted at eliminating my client.
“It is yielding the desired resultant to the presidency, having launched a manhunt for my customer in addition to unarmed members if Indigenous People of Biafra,” he said.
“Let the globe know that the federal authorities has practically abandoned their example inward courtroom inward search of a fauna road to eliminate my client.
“As I type this statement, his residence has been cordoned off past times the military, bulk of whom are of Fulani extraction.
“The globe should concur Buhari-led Federal Government responsible if anything untoward happens to Nnamdi Kanu. The province of affairs is real tense at the moment,” the contention said.