IPOB: Presidency Speaks On Nnamdi Kanu's Reappearance In Isreal

While speaking in an interview on the BBC Hausa Service which was monitored by PREMIUM Times on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior media aide, Garba Shehu, reacted to the reappearance of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Recall that the controversial leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, disappeared last year after clashes between his supporters and soldiers involved in a military exercise in Abia State.

Few months later, Kanu, appeared in a video last Friday. Although the video showed him in Israel, the Israeli government, said Kanu had not entered the country recently and the video could be an old one. Kanu later did a broadcast on Sunday from his hideout.

Speaking on Tuesday morning, Garba Shehu said the Nigerian government was put under pressure on false accusations that Kanu had either been killed or kidnapped.
“If it happens to be true, the video footage showing Mr Nnamdi Kanu; the truth has been revealed about his alleged assassination against Nigerian government.
“This fairy tale went up to United Nations General Assembly where some IPOB members staged a protest accusing Nigeria government of kidnapping and even killing of Mr. Kanu,” Shehu said.
He said now that Kanu has appeared, people will know who lied between the government and those that made accusations.
When asked what will happen if Kanu eventually returns to Nigeria, Shehu said his trial would be expected to continue.