Tag: Nnamdi Kanu
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Extradite Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria now – Rights group tells UK government
A human rights group, Advocate of Social Justice for All has called for the immediate extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra back to Nigeria. The group said it was disappointed that the UK government was hiding Kanu, after he had caused the death of many persons in Nigeria. The rights…
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IPOB: ‘We need urgent clarifications on Nnamdi Kanu’s status, whereabouts’, UK Govt tells FG
Worried by the disappearance of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from public scene for over two weeks now, the United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government for clarifications on his whereabouts. The British government sought to know if Kanu, who also doubles as its citizen is alive or dead.…
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‘Nnamdi Kanu may have been killed by invading soldiers’ says IPOB lawyer
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer representing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that his client was abducted by military operatives on September 14 and probably killed. Ejiofor made the allegation in a statement on Tuesday issued in reaction to insinuations that Kanu has gone into hiding. The statement reads in…
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu is a criminal – Northern Governors
…says Southeast politicians responsible for zone’s backwardness The Northern governors have described the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as an ‘ordinary criminal’. The governors who made the remarks on the sidelines of their visit to the East following the crisis in the area said backwardness of the region is not because of…
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Biafra: IPOB will be worse than Boko Haram if not tackled, says group
A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Transparency and Good Governance has warned that the Nnamdi Kanu led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will be worse than Boko Haram if not urgently tackled. The coalition noted that before its proscription by the military and southeast governors, IPOB had exhibited all the characteristics of a terrorists…
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Biafra: I’ll meet Nnamdi Kanu, other traditional rulers to resolve crisis – Oluwo
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, on Friday said as the father of all Nigerians, he is ready to play his role by meeting with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and other agitation groups to address some of their demands and restore peace in the troubled region. The…
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu petitions UN, US, EU others over alleged invasion of his country home
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has petitioned the United States of America, USA, European Union, EU, and the United Nations, UN over the alleged invasion of his country home by operatives of Nigerian Army last Sunday. In the petition dated September 14 and signed by his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor,…
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Call off soldiers from Nnamdi Kanu’s home, Falana tells Buhari
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) on Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari to call off soldiers from the country home of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to avert further crisis. “I wish to submit, without any fear of contradiction, that the deployment of armed troops in Abia state and the…
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Army/IPOB clash:Nnamdi Kanu shuns meeting with South East governors, says ‘they want to assassinate me’
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said he won’t honour Friday’s meeting with South East Governors in Enugu because the security agencies are working in collaboration to assassinate him on that day. The IPOB leader revealed this in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday. The statement reads: “Before…
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Video: Nnamdi Kanu speaks on alleged invasion of his home, says ‘Nigeria is pushing us to war’
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Monday claimed that the Nigerian government is provoking the group to war with the alleged invasion of his country home in Umuahia on Sunday by operatives of the Nigerian Army. The IPOB leader spoke while addressing the press on Monday. Recalling the event,…