Nigeria security agencies have launched a South-East region-wide manhunt in search of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Media sources indicate that the security agencies had been directed to arrest Kanu and other leaders of his group. The directive to arrest the IPOB leaders was said to have been communicated to the leaders of the security agencies deployed in the region. A top security sources reportedly said, “We are seriously looking for him. He has a lot of things to explain to the government concerning his statements, actions and activities. We can’t sit by and allow the security situation in the country to be compromised to the extent that an individual will be challenging the Federal Government. Government has to do something about an individual that is recruiting young people, giving them uniforms, arming them and referring to them as a secret service. We have been seizing arms and ammunitions at the ports; we also need to know what they were meant for. This is someone who unilaterally said there would be no election in Anambra State and some people want us to allow him continue with his activities? No, we need to grow above our ethnic and tribal sentiments.” Kanu and top leaders of his group had reportedly gone into hiding following Friday’s declaration by the Nigerian Army that IPOB and other Pro-Biafran groups were terrorists organisations.
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