Family of the leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the Federal
Government to release the corpse of their son for burial.
The family said it believed that
Kanu was killed by the Nigerian military, in an attempt to quell the agitation
for Biafra.
The family spokesman, Emma Kanu,
told Daily Sun that the federal government should release Nnamdi’s corpse to
them so as to give him a befitting burial.
Emma said ever since the IPOB
leader disappeared last year, when his home was raided by the military, the
family had always feared for his life.
“Now that it has been reported
that he is dead, the federal government should, without hesitation release his
corpse to his family, so that we and the entire Igbo nation can give him the
befitting burial he deserves because he is a true Igbo son,” he said.
The younger Kanu said even if the
IPOB leader was out of Biafra struggle, it would not vitiate the resolve of
IPOB and indeed the whole of Igbo to actualise Biafra.
On the call by Gen T.Y Danjuma for
Nigerians to protect themselves since those saddled with the responsibility had
failed them, Kanu said although the call was belated, however, it was a clarion
call which IPOB would not take lightly.
“The call by Danjuma for people
in the country to defend themselves means that the elder statesman has just
started seeing what the IPOB leader, Kanu saw years back.
“All the same, it is a clarion
call which IPOB will adhere to, no matter the circumstance,” he stated.
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