According to his attorney, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the impeached leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is safe and not missing while being held by the Department of State Service.
According to unconfirmed reports, Kanu was supposed to be gone from the security agency’s custody.
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the secessionist leader’s attorney, responded to the allegations by claiming that they were untrue.
In a succinct statement made available to reporters on Friday, Ejiofor claimed that Kanu was reachable by some Ndigbo who visited him in the DSS detention facility yesterday, which was Thursday.
“Please UMUCHINEKE, kindly ignore the audio message being mischievously promoted/circulated by the enemies of our people, to the effect that ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU is missing in the DSS facility.
“The information is fake, a blatant lie and should be totally ignored by Ezigbo UMUCHINEKE.
“As a matter of fact, the court-ordered routine visit was conducted yesterday and ONYENDU spent time with those that visited him.
“Thank you and God bless. Always keep your eyes on the ball,” Ejiofor said.
President Muhammadu Buhari had already come under fire from Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, for declaring that he was eager to finish his term and leave office.
According to Naija News, President Buhari stated on Monday that the job of president has been challenging and that he is willing to step down in 2023.
The Nigerian president said this on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, when he hosted lawmakers, political figures, and some governors from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I am eager to go. I can tell you it has been tough. I am grateful to God that people appreciate the personal sacrifices we have been making,” he had said.
Ejimakor responded to the comments by mocking the president on Twitter on Tuesday night for suggesting that he is eager to leave office in 2023.
The country, according to the lawyer, is extremely difficult and has been severely divided along racial and religious lines.
However, he asserted that leaving Nigeria would not solve its problems and that instead, the country needed to muster the resolve to have elections.
“Buhari cries out: ‘I am eager to go, Nigeria has been tough’. No sir. Nigeria is beyond tough; it’s irredeemably divided along ethnic & religious lines. And the fix is not to ‘cut & run’ but to summon the will to put Nigeria to a vote,” Ejimakor wrote.
