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Nnamdi Kalu not in our Custody-Says Military

The Defence headquarters (DHQ) the day prior to this declared that the leader of the proscribed indigenous people of biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu not in any Navy custody.


He stated that the navy did no longer in any manner raid the house of kanu, saying it watched the operation stay and might justify that his domestic was now not raided by means of the army.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the previous day, Director Defence information, (DDI) important geneneral John Enenche, said the humans that got here out to attack the army have been the biafra protection service and the biafra country wide protect, adding that it isn't always right for them to dam the roads and be gathering tolls and intimidating law-abiding citizens of the country.

On the proscription of ipob through the federal authorities and south east governors, enenche cited that the announcement he issued  weeks in the past did now not say “proscription” but a “warning” to the Dad and Mom to warn their children, including that due system changed into accompanied with the aid of the government before proscribing them as a terrorist organisation through a ready court docket.

He said: “it is not the obligation of DHQ to claim Nnamdi Kanu desired. Nnamdi Kanu is not within the custody of the Navy. “No body raided kanu’s home and I stand to be justified no longer from the statistics i were given. i was watching it stay, changed into monitoring it live, talking with them on the ground.

“I assume I later confirmed that there has been nothing to virtually justify the legality of ipob individuals mounting roadblocks. I noticed the militancy, no person instructed me and that i saw the movements there. we're still investigating.

“The army did not proscribe ipob. due technique changed into observed to proscribe them. the task of the army become to diagnose safety problems and warned the public of results and this is part of our media operations.

“We did our operations thoroughly in any other case that weekend were the longest weekend on this united states and we also are very careful in choosing our phrases and we realize the law very well.”

On whether DHQ isn't alarmed about the militarisation of the United states of America, a kingdom in which the usa of the usa claimed the united states of America changed into, the defence spokesman cited that the defense force of nigeria turned into no longer alarmed by means of what is being analysed through the united states, including that people apprehend in a unique attitude, however the military sees and understands in a exclusive perspective, too.

“So, it is the army that could let you know the signs and symptoms and symptoms of a security sickness because it is only a health practitioner that may tell you that any individual has most cancers or malaria. anything another character is seeing they may not see it in navy perspective.

“Other international locations have passed thru this, in case you cross into history, earlier than getting to wherein they are as evolved international locations nowadays. like in china you see one policeman interior a automobile, you hardly ever see a army man outdoor and it relies upon on the developmental method and what you have got handed via. that’s why in easy phrases i can let you know that we are not alarmed at all,” he stated.

Enenche introduced that the dhq reaffirms its unalloyed loyalty of the military of nigeria to the commander-in-leader of the militia of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.

Reacting to the military assertion, Kanu’s attorneys, Ifeanyi Ejioffor told the mum or dad on smartphone the day gone by that the army personnel had the last contact with Kanu, they ought to therefore produce him.

“We are not moved via the click declaration. the military doesn’t want to issue press statement, it is higher to come back to court docket and say so. let them come and inform nigerians in which they saved kanu. they're the ones that raided his residence. Nigerians understand the fact,” Ejioffor stated

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