Reveal My Identity As A Cameroonian In 48 Hours – Atiku Tells Nnamdi Kanu

Agency ReporterFebruary 5, 2019

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The former Vice-president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has given the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu 48 hours to provide evidence that he is a Cameroonian.

Paul Ibe, Atiku’s media aide, speaking with Daily Independent, said Nnamdi Kanu should provide evidence that Atiku Abubakar is from Cameroonian.

Nwannekaenyi “Nnamdi” Kenny Okwu Kanu (born September 1967) is a British-Nigerian[3] political activist. He is a leading member of one of several Biafran separatist organisations,[4] the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which advocates a sovereign state for the Igbo speaking people of Nigeria as well as those from the south-south region of Nigeria.

Kanu is the director of a London-based radio station named; Radio Biafra.[4] Kanu was arrested on treason charges in Lagos on 14 October 2015 and was detained in a Nigerian jail without trial for more than a year-and-a-half, despite various court orders that ruled for his release. When in court, Kanu appeared regularly wearing a Jewish prayer shawl and head covering. He said in court that he “believes in Judaism” and considers himself a Jew.On 28 April 2017 Kanu was released from prison on bail.

Kanu was born in Isiama Afara, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. His father is HRM Eze Israel Okwu Kanu (JP) and his mother is Ugoeze Nnenne Kanu. He attended Library Avenue Primary School (now part of Government House, Umuahia) and went to Government College Umuahia for his secondary education. He later gained admission to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) but left after two years. He moved to London and studied Political Economics at London Guildhall University now called London Metropolitan University (LMU).

He said: “You media should ask him to supply the proof. It is not the man that is being accused that you will ask. It is the person who made the allegations that you will ask to bring his proof of where he (Atiku) is from or where he is not from,” Kanu in a broadcast claimed that Atiku’s Jada was once part of Cameroon, saying: “Do you know that Atiku Abubakar is from Cameroon? His area of Adamawa was in Cameroon, a claim that is historically correct, up till 59 years ago.

Kanu was referring to the situation in British Cameroon before Nigeria’s independence in 1960. Ganye, which incorporates Atiku’s birthplace of Jada was the headquarters of British Cameroon, but following a plebiscite, it chose to stay with Nigeria, to be part of the Sardauna Province, while the other part, joined Cameroon.