Kanu: 8 Radio Biafrans Killed, 30 Wounded, 26 Arrested

Nwanekaennyi Okwu-Kanu

by Abiodun Alade,

  • as group defies police order to protest in Delta, Abia, Enugu states
  • Judge fails to show up in court over Nnamdi Kanu’s case
  • Cleric denies appointment as Biafra INEC commissioner

By Vincent Ujumadu, Festus Ahon,  Nwabueze Okonkwo, Ugochukwu Alaribe & Chimaobi Nwaiwu

It was a theatre of confusion, yesterday in Aba as eight  members of the the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were allegedly shot dead by the military during their  peaceful protest over the continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, according to  the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful .

The Director of Radio Biafra, Mr Kanu was supposed to appear at  the Federal High Court Abuja, yesterday, but the much awaited case was adjourned due to the absence of the judge.

The adjournment came as a shock to IPOB members, who gathered at the court premises and its environs early yesterday morning waiting to see their leader, but were sadly shocked when it was announced that the case had been postponed indefinitely. Read full on Vanguard