Buhari is accused by IPOB of lying to international leaders regarding Kanu.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) charged President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday with misleading international leaders about the reasons why Nnamdi Kanu, their leader, is still being held captive.

During the recently concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, the President had informed the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, that the Federal Government would not release the activist due to his critical comments about Nigeria while he was overseas.

The IPOB leader jumped bail the previous time he was given a respite by the court, the man claimed, adding that Kanu must defend his actions in court.

The President further requested that IPOB be designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.

However, the organisation argued that, contrary to the government’s claim, Kanu did not jump bail in 2017 but rather fled for his life in a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.

It went on to say that the events in Rwanda demonstrated that foreign leaders were aware of President Buhari and his administration’s shenanigans around Kanu.

The statement read: “The UK Prime Minister specifically asked Buhari why the Biafra leader was still in detention, but in his response, Buhari lied and associated Kanu with ‘jumping bail’ as if he is ignorant of his deploying the military code-name ‘operation python dance II’ which he, as the Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed forces, instructed to invade the palace, village and Afaraukwu Ibeku Kingdom (community) Umuahia province (Abia State) which only mission was to kill Kanu and any living thing found in his compound.

“Is it that he was not aware that his military personnel invaded Kanu’s Afaraukwu country home on September 14, 2017, or that he deliberately decided to be mischievous?

“It is evident that world leaders enjoy making Buhari advertise his ignorance of obvious realities. The world is watching and looking for what is still keeping Kanu in the Department of State Security Service’s custody, but Buhari and his security agencies won’t admit the truth.

“We are aware that he has been under intense pressure to explain the role of his government over the illegal abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria of a British citizen.”