Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was lured
to a location in an African country with a promise of cash donation in millions
of dollars.
The IPOB leader, who was facing
charges bordering on treasonable felony following his campaign for the
secession of Republic of Biafra, had jumped bail in 2017 after a military
action, code-named “Operation Python Dance”, targeted his family house in Abia state.
TheCable reports that security
sources disclosed that the operation to re-arrest and put him back on trial had
been “ongoing for a while” until success was recorded on Sunday, June 27.
“He was not arrested in the UK or Brazil or Czech Republic. He was not crated either, contrary to speculations,” the source said.
The Nigerian government has not
named the country where Kanu was arrested, with Abubakar Malami, the
attorney-general of the federation, just saying he was “intercepted” and
extradited to Nigeria.
However, THEWILL, an online
newspaper, reported that the “interception” took place in Ethiopia, where it said Kanu had been
living for a while.
THISDAY specifically named Addis Ababa, the capital city of
Ethiopia, as the location.
It was learnt that Kanu was
tracked through some members of IPOB who were recently arrested following a
massive military operation in the south-east.
The security agencies worked
through the links to give the IPOB leader the impression that he was going to
be given some “millions of dollars” in cash donations to the organisation.
He was said to have decided to
collect the money himself “because of the huge amount involved”.
Kanu even kept his associates in
the dark about his mission, according to the security sources who said the top
hierarchy did not know his whereabouts on the day he was arrested.
He had been having a crisis of
confidence with some of his lieutenants over financial matters.
On arriving at the location where
he was to collect the ‘donation’, he was arrested by that country’s security
agencies and Interpol, and deported to Nigeria, the source said.
This has brought an end to
the long-running episode since
he left Nigeria while on bail.
His trial is expected to resume
on July 26.
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