The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the UN and the EU, accusing the Nigerian Army of looting valuables from Kanu’s home.

The Nigerian Army raided Kanu’s Afaraukwu home on 8 October where it claimed to have found lethal weapons. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who signed the petition on behalf of the traditional ruler of the community, noted in the petition that CCTV footage showed a team of soldiers and police looting the house.

The petition read: “We are solicitors to the family of His Royal Majesty, Eze Isreal Okwu-Kanu, hereinafter referred to as ‘our client’ and on whose standing instruction we file this communication with the British Government.
The petition read: “We are solicitors to the family of His Royal Majesty, Eze Isreal Okwu-Kanu, hereinafter referred to as ‘our client’ and on whose standing instruction we file this communication with the British Government.

“It is our brief, that on the 8th day of October, 2017, our client’s son’s home (Nnamdi Kanu) in Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, in Abia State, was invaded, and violently looted by rampaging Nigerian soldiers and their police counterparts.

“The CCTV footage which picked the horrendous raids, revealed the brazen looting and carting away of valuables and household equipment by the above named security agents.”