Nnamdi Kanu Has No Means Of Livelihood, Says Army

Nnamdi Kanu Has No Means Of
Livelihood, Says Army

The Nigerian Army has said the leader
of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
Nnamdi Kanu, has no means of
livelihood, but used “propaganda” to
make people believe him.

The Director, Army Public Relations,
Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, stated this in
Abuja while rounding off a two-day
media conference on the military’s
enhancement of human rights.

The army spokesman, who stressed the
need for a robust army-media
relationship towards enhancing national
security, said those people following the
IPOB leader were in a “one-chance
vehicle.”

“There was an allegation that somebody
(Kanu) went into hiding. Now, I can’t
remember the day but in an interview
on Channels TV, one of Nnamdi Kanu’s
younger brothers said that he was in
hiding and he knew where he was, ”
Mr. Usman said.
“And one lawyer came up that he has
taken the Chief of Army Staff to court.

Now, who gave you the brief? You said
you do not know where he (Kanu) is.
Now, who gave you the brief? And the
media is asking us where is Nnamdi
Kanu? Why not ask the man that said so
who gave him the brief to take people
to court when he does not know where
the man is?”
“…That is why those people following
him have entered into a one-chance
vehicle. This is somebody standing trial
in a criminal case.

Sometimes, whether we like it or not,
we want to stand against the truth. But
no matter how long, the truth will come
to pass on October 17. This is an
individual without a means of
livelihood.”
“I can speak eloquently. So what? If I
can speak like him, I can also have my
own group, that’s exactly what is
happening. So, what is the essence of
our education as a people? You know
that somebody is in a criminal case, and
you believe in him.”
The lead defence counsel to the IPOB
leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said the
statement of the military was an
“afterthought”, adding that the case was
in court.

“What we have put before the court is
that the army should produce Nnamdi
Kanu. The statement about his
credibility or his means of livelihood is
an afterthought. The case is already in
court,” he said.