Leader of the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has finally explained how he managed to escape
when military personnel on “Operation Python Dance II” stormed his Afaraukwu,
Umuahia residence in Abia state.
Kanu said they managed to get to
Azumiri in the coastal area of Abia State from where he found his way to the
Republic of Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast before landing in Senegal
The IPOB leader said it took him
over a year before he found his way into Israel after escaping Nigeria,
describing it as the toughest moment of his life.
He said he sustained serious
injuries during the attack.
Kanu said he moved through the
creeks before he eventually found himself in the Republic of Benin.
“We were able to rent a boat on
the coast. We left from a small town in Abia, Azumiri, an unobtrusive place
where the Nigerian authorities might not have thought to look,” Kanu was quoted
by Sun.
“We planned to go to the Republic
of Benin, just west of Nigeria. For 14 days we travelled in dangerous seas in a
small boat with an outboard motor.
“The Atlantic off that coast is
heavy, stormy, and treacherous; on more than one occasion waves threatened to
swamp our little craft.
“I was still gravely injured and
in need of constant medical attention. At one point we put ashore to find ice
to keep the medication I needed chilled. It was a dangerous time. I stayed
hidden in a room while my companions went foraging for supplies.
“From Benin, I traveled by road
to Senegal, a distance of nearly 2,000 kilometres. Once in Senegal I was able
to make arrangements to travel to Israel. None of these journeys was easy.
“I was still in pain and the
threat from Nigerian agents abroad never went away. When we stopped to rest on
the road, I couldn’t go out.
“My world was shrunk to a room
with a window, and sometimes not even that. I might as well have been in
prison.
“Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast,
all the countries I had to pass through rely economically on Nigeria, their
governments corrupt enough to arrest me and send me back. I had to stay silent,
unknown.
“I couldn’t even tell my wife or
family where I was, just in case they became targets. It was agonising to
realise that they didn’t know if I was dead or alive.
“Israel was a haven for me, but
it took over a year to get there, and only then did I feel confident enough to
let my fellow IPOB family members and immediate family know I was safe.”
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