Leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the intention
of the Nigerian Army was to terrorise and scare his people.
The allegation followed
the violence at his residence in Umuahia on Sunday, where some soldiers
reportedly clashed with supporters of the IPOB leader. Addressing
reporters on Monday, Kanu claimed that the Army troops were “firing live
ammunition to scare people, to terrorise people in this very peaceful village,
in this very peaceful town.”
He noted that
there was no reason why an Army’s armoured vehicle should patrol in front of
his father’s gate if there was no intention to cause mayhem. Narrating how it
happened, he said, “This whole incident happened right here. They drove from
that way with their blaring siren that woke me up from my siesta and they went
that way to that junction.”
“The armoured tank
reversed and came back here. It wanted to come in and my men stopped them here
and they started firing at people, right at this very spot,” Kanu alleged.
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