IPOB Leader Kanu Receives IPOB Detained Supporters

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, September 6, received some IPOB supporters who were released from alleged military detention.

The unarmed youths were detained on Monday night, September 4, at the popular Isi Gate area, after they clashed with the army.

Chief Osita Chidoka the candidate for the United Progressives Party (UPP) in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election had condemned the clash which saw the military personnel use live bullets on the youths.

The video below shows some of the youths with swollen faces as they were being addressed by Kanu after their release.

Another version of the incident claimed that the refusal of a commercial tricycle operator to hand over Biafra and IPOB insigma in his tricycle to soldiers caused the crisis.

Another version stated that the refusal of the tricycle operator to give money to the soldiers who were extorting drivers caused the crisis.

However, a member of IPOB, Somto Okonkwo, in a statement on Monday, September 4, narrated his version of what transpired.

Okonkwo said the crisis erupted after a commercial tricycle operator refused to hand over Biafra and IPOB insigma in his tricycle to soldiers at a checkpoint.