Nnamdi Kanu reportedly absconds, goes into hiding after terrorism charge
The Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu has reportedly fled and gone into hiding along with top leaders of his group after the Nigerian Army declared last Friday that IPOB and other Pro-Biafran groups were terrorist organizations. Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday revealed that Kanu and his top lieutenants had ‘disappeared’ from his country home in Afaraukwu near Umuahia and other places he frequently visited. His father, Eze Israel Kanu, is the traditional ruler of the town. Some IPOB members, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Punch explained that Kanu and others were advised to go underground following the declaration by the Army and the decision of the South-East governors to proscribe activities of pro-Biafra agitators in the region. An IPOB member said: “We have to apply wisdom to whatever we are doing. We have realised that there is a grand conspiracy against Kanu and other top leaders of our group. “Just imagine barely few hours after the N...