Why I Absconded From Nigeria – Nnamdi Kanu

• The arrested leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has explained why he absconded from Nigeria.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has explained the reason behind his decision to escape from Nigeria.

Nnamdi Kanu had escaped from the country in spite of the criminal charges of terrorism and treasonable felony charged against him by the Federal Government (FG).

EKO HOT BLOG had earlier reported that the IPOB leader was brought to court on Tuesday for the continuation of trial shortly after he was intercepted by security operatives.

Nnamdi Kanu, who sought the permission of Justice Binta Nyako to address the court and present his side of the story, told the court in the presence of heavily armed security operatives that his house was unlawfully invaded by security men with his life seriously threatened.

The IPOB leader further alleged that he would have been killed along with others on the day of the invasion if not for the wisdom he applied to escaped from Nigeria.

Nnamdi Kanu was brought to court on Tuesday by heavily armed security operatives from both the DSS and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).

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EKO HOT BLOG recalls that the court had on March 28, 2019, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the IPOB leader after it revoked the bail that was earlier granted to him.

Placing reliance on section 352(4) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, the court equally approved Kanu’s trial in absentia.

The IPOB leader, whose whereabouts were unknown since September 2017, was hitherto answering to a five-count charge FG entered against him and three other pro-Biafra agitators, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, and David Nwawuisi.

Shortly after he was declared missing, Justice Nyako, on February 20, 2018, approved a separate trial for the other three defendants.

Nnamdi Kanu, who has dual citizenship, was before his arrest on Sunday, sighted at various locations outside the country, including Jerusalem and the United Kingdom.

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