Soldiers
allegedly from the Nigeria army have reportedly laid a siege on the country
home of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu in Umuahia.
This allegation was contained in a statement issued by Kanu's lawyer. According
to Kanu's lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the military had on Sunday, September 10,
shot sporadically into the air through which 3 people have been reported dead
and over 20 injured. Ejiofor said that those who were wounded during the
incident are currently receiving treatment in a nearby hospital in Umuahia.
He said:
"There is no doubt that the present deployment of troops to the South East
is to haunt for my client and possibly eliminate him. Let the whole world know
that if anything untoward happen to my client, that president Buhari and his
Chief of Army Staff should be held responsible by the international Community
"The
world should be immediately notified about the tension in Biafra land, created
by the Government in power. "We must adopt all know legal mechanism to
resist the unconstitutional but violent approach in dealing with unarmed people
merely operating within the confines of 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 29th
violent attack by the military are yet to recover from the shock of losing
their love ones. This situation must be arrested in time," Ejiofor said.
The group
said the south-east region is not a war zone and asked the army chief to
withdraw all the soldiers posted to the area within 21 days or be sued at the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a
statement signed by the group's national president, Chilos Godsent, the group
said: “In view of the above, the Igbo National Council, INC, has analyzed the
state of the Southeast and the Nigerian state and hereby state the
following."