Army Sources React “IPOB Leader, Kanu, Not In Military Custody”

Some top sources in the Nigerian Army have stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not in military custody.

The sources, from the Army headquarters, Abuja, and the 82 Division headquarters, Enugu State, which coordinates Operation Python Dance II, said on Thursday that Kanu was not arrested or detained, as being speculated in the media.

The counsels of the embattled IPOB leader had filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday seeking for an order, directing the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to produce Kanu in court.

The lawyers, led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had declared Kanu missing, saying the IPOB leader was last seen after the September 14 invasion of his residence in Afara-Ukwu area of Abia State by soldiers.

The pro-Biafra group also declared its leader missing even as it called on the International Community to prevail on the Federal Government to produce him.

However, while speaking with The Punch, an authoritative source from the army headquarters said:

“If you follow the trends of things, the army has not been talking about a proscribed group. If someone says he does not know where Kanu is, who gave him the authority to file a motion against the army?

“We don’t want to be drawn into this propaganda. For goodness sake, if we have Kanu, of what use is it if we keep quiet? We have never been secretive. Nobody prompted us before we came out to talk about Egwu Eke II starting in the South-East. Nobody prompted us before we came out to say that despite all the pressures, we were not withdrawing the operation. The exercise is still ongoing.”

Also, the source from 82 Division headquarters, Enugu, who did not want his name in print, replied our correspondent’s enquiry through a text message.

“Kanu is not with us. And I am not aware of his whereabouts,” it read.

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