Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu
hehehhe........ Nnamdi
Kanu's lawyer has rubbished claims by a former Governor of Abia state
that the IPOB leader escaped to UK through Malaysia.
Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, head of the legal team of the leader of the
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday described
an ex-Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as a drowning man
desperately in search of relevance from the Federal Government and
relief from prosecution on corruption charges.
This followed a recent interview with Orji Kalu in which he claimed that Nnamdi Kanu escaped to London following invasion of his house by the military.
Kanu was on September 14 declared missing after the ‘Operation
Python Dance II’ staged by the military to quell the activities of the
group in Abia State and other states of the South-East commenced.
Kalu had claimed that the IPOB leader had left Nigeria for the UK through Malaysia, “Kanu was not taken away by the military. Kanu went to Malaysia from where he traveled to the United Kingdom.
“Nnamdi Kanu is in London right now as we speak. He was not arrested by anybody. He left the country on his own.
“One of his relations has spoken to me and explained everything
because I wanted to see him and talk to him wherever he was and see how
I could meet some Federal Government officials on his issue.
“I also wanted to see ways of talking to the President about
him, and find common ground but his family told me that he has left the
country unless they are lying to me.
“I believe, whether he had left the country or not, he is not
with the military because I asked the Commander of the 14 Brigade,
Brig.-Gen. A.K Ibrahim, who is a very fine and good soldier, well
educated and dedicated, and he told me that they don’t know his
whereabouts and I am sure, the Department of State Services have the
same information.” Orji Kalu said.
Replying Kalu on Sunday, Kanu’s lawyer said the former governor had
turned himself to the spokesperson for the Federal Government and the
military as part his strategy to get freed from his (Kalu’s) ongoing
trial on corruption charges.
Ejiofor stated, “Orji Uzof Kalu is a drowning man, looking for where to perch.”
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