The
Nigerian police has reacted to news flying around, and on social media that the
army attacked the home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),
Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday, September 10. According to a report by Premium Times,
the Abia state police command commissioner, Leye Oyebade, claimed that the
soldiers were passing through Kanu's residence when they were attacked by
members of the IPOB. Oyebade said: “There was no attack on the home of Nnamdi
Kanu.
“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." The police's explanation is
contrary to Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor's claim. This was contrary to
earlier report and claim by Kanu's lawyer that the army stormed Kanu's
residence with the aim of eliminating him.
However,
the Nigerian army has come out to make a public statement concerning the
incident at Kanu's residence. The army denied reports spreading around that it
invaded the residence of Kanu with the aim of causing him bodily arm. Major
Oyegoke Gbadamosi, the assistant director of public relations, 14 Brigade
Nigerian Army in a statement denied reports that the men of Nigeria army
invaded Kanu’s home or killed anybody. Corroborating the police's statement,
Gbadamosi, said it was the residents that threw stones at the military officers
while they were passing through.