The Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday said it had seen its pioneer, Nnamdi Kanu.
In an announcement by the gathering's Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the body said its pioneer was found in Jerusalem at the Wailing Wall, where he joined other loyal to offer petitions.
The gathering's announcement perused to a limited extent, "Individual Biafrans, companions of Biafra, foes of Biafra, people of generosity and of good inner voice over the world, we wish to dependably advise you that the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, asked today at the Wailing Wall in the Holy City of David in Jerusalem Live today, October 19, 2018.
"Biafrans, be steadfast, this is the start of the battle for Biafra's freedom. We express gratitude toward God, Almighty God, for his assurance and wellbeing."
Kanu had been absent since September 14, 2017, when a few officers purportedly attacked his home in Afara Ukwu in Umuahia, Abia State, amid a military exercise in the South-East titled, 'Activity Python Dance ll'. The whereabouts of Kanu and his folks had stayed obscure from that point forward.
IPOB had blamed the military for whisking its pioneer and his folks away, encouraging the Federal Government to deliver them. Kanu is confronting preliminary for injustice in Nigeria. A video of the pioneer of the rebel Igbo gather performing Jewish petition rights inclined online on Friday.
His more youthful sibling, Emmanuel, said the family got the news through an online video shared by one Castro Nkume.
Emmanuel disclosed to Saturday PUNCH in a telephone meet that the Deputy Director of IPOB, Uche Ejiofor, had likewise affirmed that the man found in the video was Kanu.
Emmanuel said IPOB individuals and the whole occupants of their locale got the news with euphoria.
He anyway said the family presently couldn't seem to get data concerning the whereabouts of Kanu's folks.
He stated, "I can affirm to you that the individual in the video is Kanu. He was imploring in the video that we saw. We are cheerful that he is as yet alive and we will attempt to set up correspondence with him."
In the interim, the Nigerian Army on Friday couldn't be gone after remarks on the most recent media cover Kanu.
The military had once pronounced Kanu needed.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Texas Chukwu, couldn't be come to on his cell phone as it rang out a few times.
An instant message additionally sent had not been answered as of press time.
Likewise, the Director, Defense Information, Brig Gen John Agim's cell phone was turned off as of press time.
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