MYNATION NEWS – This is current report as the saga concerning
the army’s invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s house continues as the family of the
leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra petitioned the United
Nations, the European Union and other foreign countries, alleging that
operatives of the Nigerian army looted valuables from their son’s home during a
raid on October 8.
Meanwhile the petition was signed by Ifeanyi
Ejiofor, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer on behalf of the traditional head of Afaraukwu
Ibeku, Umuahia, in Abia state, and Kanu’s father, Eze Isreal Okwu-Kanu.
Nnamdi Kanu’s family, in a separate letters
sent by Ejiofor to the international bodies and foreign countries, claimed that
the “CCTV footage” attached to the said letters “picked” the alleged looting by
Nigerian soldiers and policemen, Sahara Reporters reports.
The media outlet also claimed the said CCTV
recordings were not made available to them.
The letter read in part: “We are solicitors to
the family of His Royal Majesty, Eze Isreal Okwu-Kanu, hereinafter referred to
as ‘our client’ and on whose standing instruction we file this communication
with the British government.
“It is our brief, that on the 8th day of
October, 2017, our client’s son’s home (Nnamdi Kanu) in Afaraukwu Ibeku,
Umuahia, in Abia State was invaded, and violently looted by rampaging Nigerian
soldiers and their police counterparts.
“The CCTV footage which picked the horrendous
raids, revealed the brazen looting and carting away of valuables and household
equipment by the above named security agents.”
The separate letters were addressed to the
resident representatives of UN and EU, the US Ambassador, the Russian
Ambassador to Nigeria, the High Commissioner of the British High Commission;
and the High Commissioner, the Canadian High Commission.
A copy of the letter sent to the British High
Commission, Kanu’s lawyer claimed that the IPOB leader has not been seen since
the invasion of the family home on September 14, 2017.
The letter added that the IPOB leader might
have been killed during the military operation.
“The raid and consequent looting in the home
of our client’s son, (a British citizen) by the soldiers and their police
counterparts does not enjoy the protection, backing, and legitimacy of any
known legislative enactment in Nigeria.
“It is, therefore, not unlikely, that he may
have been killed in the well-coordinated bloody onslaught in his home. The
attached CCTV footage picked clearly the horrendous activity of these rampaging
security personnel in the home of our client,” the letter read in part.
The army spokesperson, Brig Gen. Sani Usman,
however, could not be reached for comments as his mobile rang out and he is yet
to reply to a text sent to him as of the time of filing this report.
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