Army Invasion: If Anything Happens To My Client, Hold Buhari Responsible – Kanu’s Lawyer Tells Int’l Community



Reacting to the incident that occurred at the home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in Abia on Sunday, his lawyer Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor called on the international community to hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible should anything happen to the IPOB leader.

In a statement, Mr Ejiofor accused the Buhari administration of attempting to take his client’s life.

“Just to alert the world that the Nigeria military personnel under the command of Chief of Army Staff is presently laying a siege on my client (Nnamdi Kanu) country home in Umuahia.

“They had continued to shoot sporadically into the air through which assault, about five of his family members were brutally wounded and some unfortunately killed. There is no doubt that the present deployment of troops to the South East is to haunt for my client and possibly eliminate him,” the statement said.

Mr Ejiofor added that if something goes wrong with his client’s life, the international would hold the country’s president responsible.

“Let the whole world know that if anything untoward happens to my client, that President Buhari and his Chief of Army Staff should be held responsible by the international Community.

“We are presently counting the number of casualties as the onslaught progress. The world should be immediately notified about the tension in Biafra land, created by the government in power. We must adopt all know the legal mechanism to resist the unconstitutional but violent approach in dealing with unarmed people merely operating within the confines of the law. Buhari must be held responsible.

“We are ready to present our case once more before the International Court of Justice. The families that lost their beloved ones in the last year May 29 violent attack by the military are yet to recover from stock.