The Former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu came under attack Sunday, after he revealed that the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu’s fled to London through Malaysia.

Highlights:

• Mr Kanu has not been seen or heard from since last month’s clash between his supporters and troops near his Afaraukwu home in Umuahia, Abia – which left (still leaves) the question, where is Nnamdi Kanu?
• His lawyers have urged the High Court in Abuja to compel the military to produce him, “having taken him away when they invaded his house”. But the military has since denied taking Mr Kanu away.
• The former governor, in an interview, said Mr Kanu had run away to London – that one of Mr Kanu’s relations told him the whereabouts of the separatist leader whose counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor wondered how Kalu could be authoritative about his client’s whereabouts when he did not claim to be present on “the day soldiers invaded Kanu’s abode”.
• Ejiofor and others in the suit claimed that Kanu, who was in his house during the September 14 attack on his premises by some soldiers, “has not been heard from or seen after this bloody attack in his home by the agents of the respondent (COAS) since the 14th day of September 2017”.
• In a statement, Ejiofor said: “Kalu saw Kanu’s travails as an opportunity for relevance. What do you expect from a man who is enjoying a temporary freedom? Struggling to get his head out of grievous corruption charge hanging on his neck?”
• “He is seeking for possible relevance where none exists, opportunity to divert attention. Maybe he has forgotten he is no longer the governor of Abia State.”
• “The military should produce my client wherever they kept him. The matter is now in court, let’s meet in court.”
• “Orji Uzo Kalu can as well apply to be joined as a party in the suit. Let his position be on oath.”
• The separatist group, in a statement by its spokesman Emma Powerful, said, “IPOB through her lawyers will compel Orji Uzor Kalu to appear in court alongside (Gen. Tukur) Buratai on October 17, 2017, to tell the world, under oath, what he claims to know about the whereabouts of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. His laughable assertion that the IPOB leader is in London is a confirmation that all along he has been working in tandem with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Willie Obiano, Rochas Okprocha and others to slaughter as many IPOB family members as possible in order to please the core North.”
• “He should be prepared to present his evidence in a court of law and be cross-examined under oath. The surviving members of Kanu family have all denied ever talking to Orji Uzor Kalu about the whereabouts of our leader.”

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