The
Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said on Saturday that the military would conduct
another round of Operation Python Dance in the South-East,
since there were clearer indications that the founder of the Indigenous People
of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has resurfaced from his hideout.
The
military authorities also said the court would take necessary steps to continue
his prosecution.
The
Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen John Agim, who stated this in an
interview with Punch on Saturday, added that the sudden
appearance of Kanu in public, has proved that the military did not manhandle or
assault him as was being widely alleged.
Agim
said the conduct of Python Dance in the South-East region
was necessary to combat any form of kidnapping and armed robbery as the end of
the year neared.
The
Defence spokesperson added that the military would launch a fresh
operation in the region this year to ensure peace.
Meanwhile,
a lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who heads the legal team of the IPOB leader,
said on Saturday that he had spoken with his client after a video clip of Kanu,
praying in Jerusalem, surfaced on the Internet on Friday.
Ejiofor,
in a statement on Saturday, confirmed that Kanu would address the public in a
world press broadcast to be beamed live on Sunday (today) to narrate “the
shocking tale of how he made it alive”.
This
came ahead of the November 14 scheduled for hearing in Kanu’s trial before the
Federal High Court in Abuja.
Senator
Eyinnaya Abaribe and others, who stood bail sureties for the IPOB leader in
April last year, will also return to the court presided by Justice Binta Nyako.
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