Biafra: Suspected Soldiers Attack Kanu’s Home, 5 Killed, Several Injured

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Sunday, September 10th, 2017

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said Sunday night that five people were feared dead and about 30 others injured when gunmen suspected to be soldiers allegedly attacked the country home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB media and publicity secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful said the attackers wore army and police uniforms and drove into the palace of the traditional ruler of Afaraukwu, who is the father of Nnamdi and started shooting people.

He said in a statement: “We did not clash with anybody or group. The attackers wore Nigerian soldiers and Nigeria Police uniforms and came to kill our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in his compound at Afaraukwu, Umuahia and started shooting sporadically and killed five people and up to thirty other people had bullet wounds.

After attacking our people, they drove off. They came in five Hilux vans./Vanguard