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ORAIFITE TENSION INCREASES, AS POLICE DECLARES NNAMDI KANU'S LAWYER WANTED

Afnews Editor

Dec 03, 2019

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The police in Anambra State has declared Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu wanted.

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The Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP John Abang made the declaration in Awka on Tuesday.

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He said the declaration was in connection with the killing of two police officers by members of the IPOB in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday.

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The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed had in a press release on Monday evening stated that members of IPOB in Oraifite killed two police officers when a team of security men went to arrest Ejiofor over complaint of abduction levelled against him.

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Haruna said the members of the proscribed group immediately attacked the police, killing two of its men and setting ablaze a vehicle belonging to the command.

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Declaring Ejiofor wanted, CP Abang said, "We implore law-abiding Nigerians from North, South East or West who have information about this man to report to the nearest police station.

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"He is a member of the proscribed IPOB, and he is wanted in connection with the killing of two policemen. We implore anyone who has information on him to report to us."

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