JUST IN: Army invade Nnamdi Kanu’s home, allegedly shoot guards

…as police debunks claims of attacks on Kanu’s home

Pandemonium struck Sunday evening at the Afraukwu Umuahia country home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu when soldiers reportedly open fire on security guards watching over the property.

Kanu confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen shortly after the fracas.

Kanu said the soldiers stormed his home in an armoured tank and about three Hilux vans loaded with heavily armed soldiers.

He added that the soldiers shot sporadically as they approached his father’s compound, causing panic and among residents of the area.

Kanu said the soldiers wanted to gain entry into his father’s compound but that IPOB members quickly formed a human shield around the compound and stoutly resisted them.

Kanu wondered why the army wound wants to invade his home when he had yet to receive any invitation from any security agency.

He, however, insisted that no amount of intimidation would make him abandon the struggle for Biafra independence.

He said: “I was sleeping this evening (Sunday) when suddenly I was woken up by the blaring of sirens. Initially, I thought it was the Commissioner of Police who lives in the neighborhood that was returning home. But the blaring persisted and was followed up by sporadic gun shots.

The soldiers wanted to bulldoze their way into the palace but IPOB members formed a human shield and resisted them. They wanted to break the shield and fired at three persons and wounded others before leaving. Everybody including children was running away in confusion.”

Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Leye Oyebade has debunked the attacks on the IPOB leader’s home.

There was no attack on the home of Nnamdi Kanu,” the Commissioner spoke in a telephone conversation with Premium Times.

“What happened was that the military was parading a new armoured carrier and passed through Nnamdi Kanu’s residence.

“It was while they were passing that some people threw stones and other things at them,” Mr. Oyebade explained.

The police chief said normalcy has been restored and no life was lost during the minor skirmish and Mr. Kanu was neither targeted nor arrested.

More details shortly…