Counsel to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who stood surety for the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written the Nigerian Ambassador to Israel, Enoch Duchi, seeking to be availed of the true status of the Biafran agitator in that country.

Abaribe’s lawyer, Chukwu Machukwu Ume (SAN), in a letter dated November 7, 2018, which was addressed to the Ambassador via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, asked him to use his good offices to find out the true status of Nnamdi Kanu from the government of Israel since he has not been sighted in Nigeria since September 2017.

The lawyer said: “We are the counsel to Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, a distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Abia South Senatorial Zone in the 8th Senate of National Assembly of Nigeria. As a pronounced patriot, he recently, against all odds, put live into our constitutional provision of the liberty of an accused as well as eased tension in our polity, by standing surety to Nnamdi Kanu (who is on trial on allegations of treasonable offences in CHARGE No. FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015.)

“In fact, to situate you properly into the salient realities involved in this national tragedy, the Nnamdi Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (lPOB). On 28th April 2017 the Hon trial Court granted him bail on medical grounds and Sen. Abaribe was one of the three sureties who executed the bail bond for his release.”

Abaribe’s lawyer told the Ambassador that the Nigerian Army had in September 2017 declared Operation Python Dance (Egwu Eke) in the whole of South East, from September 15 to October 14, 2017.

He added that the military however invaded Kanu’s house days before the official commencement of the said operation, adding that the said Biafran agitator has not been seen since then.

He said: “Curiously, selectively and tragically, from 11th to 14th September 2017, well before the announced scheduled dates, the Nigerian Army, with truckloads of heavily armed soldiers, armored tanks and other intimidating offensive military weapons, embarked on massive military operation exclusively at the Nnamdi Kanu’s town. lsiamna, Afaraukwu lbeku Umuahia, Abia State and at his residence (the PALACE of HRH EZE ISRAEL KANU) where at the material time of the tragic invasion, he was staying with his royal parents.”

The lawyer stated that reports had indicated that Kanu was whisked away by armed soldiers during the raid but was surprised to see social media reports indicating that the man had been sighted in Israel.

The letter further reads: “The Hon Court had now ordered each of the three sureties to show cause why each would not forfeit the respective bail bond of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000:00) or go to prison for their alleged failure to produce the Nnamdl Kanu for the on-going trial.

“Your Excellency, in the midst of this quagmire, our attention has been drawn to ongoing news making rounds on the social and online media to the effect that an Nnamdl Kanu was sighted at the Wailing Wall during a prayer session in Israel.

“In view of this, we humbly request your Excellency, to use your good office to painstakingly inquire from the Government of Israel as follows:

“a) if there is any Nnamdi Kanu, a Nigerian citizen, in their Country, Israel?

b) Where there is, i: that person the same as the Nnamdl Kanu standing trial In CHARGE No. FHC/ABI/CR/383/2015 and that was never seen again during the tragic military invasion of his home on 14th of September 2017.

“c) If the Nnamdi Kanu that was never seen again during the tragic military Invasion of his home is the one in Israel, please find out from the government of Israel how he arrived there and the circumstances that led to that? What of his royal parents?

“(I) Finally, Your Excellency where there is an Nnamdi Kanu In Israel, as the Law Firm representing Sen Abarlbe, we are ready to assist you in a necessary DNA procedure to enable you verify whether the alleged Nnamdi Kanu said to be in Israel is same as the Nnamdi Kanu standing trial In CHARGE No. FHC/ABI/CR/383/2015.

“As citizens and or counsel, we all have the duty to assist our Courts with the truth and the established facts. We therefore urge Your Excellency to, under oath, verify your findings as per (as per a) to d) above) and to the effect that they are from the Government of Israel. This is because I will be submitting them on the Nnamdi Kanu to the Hon Court.

“We look forward to hearing from your Excellency soonest. Kindly, accept the assurances of our highest regards.”