Nnamdi
Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been
spotted by security agents in Ghana, TheCable understands.
There
has been controversy over the whereabouts of the IPOB leader who was
last seen in public in September 2017 before the military launched
Operation Python Dance II — apparently to quell the agitation for the
breakaway of south-eastern Nigeria.
Since the military raided his
home in Aba, Abia state, there has been speculation that he was
arrested and might have been killed.
At some point, Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, said Kanu was in London.
His
court trial for treason has stalled and Enyinnaya Abaribe, the senator
who served as Kanu’s surety when he was granted bail after spending 18
months in detention, has sought to be discharged from the obligation
after his disappearance.
However, security sources have informed
TheCable that Kanu was ferried to the Niger Delta creeks by militants at
the height of Python Dance II, from where he found his way to Ghana by
sea.
He is regularly seen at Kenzo Bar and IBG saloon in Accra, disguised in fez cap and usually in company with his wife, Uchechi.
Kanu is said to live at an area called Cantonment, also in Accra, at an estate called “Arabella”.
He regularly patronises suya joints in remote parts of the city, according to the sources.
If confirmed, this will lay to rest speculations on the fate of the IPOB leader.
His brother once asked the military to release his “dead body” if he had been killed.
The Cable