Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has hit back at his critics who said he abandoned his group and his followers in the country.
Mr Kanu’s home in Afara Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State was invaded on September 14, 2017 by the military, spurring him to take flight.
The IPOB leader was later seen in Israel in 2018 after several months of silence.
In a live radio broadcast from London on Saturday, Kanu said he ran away because he did not have any weapon to face armed military men who stormed his house.
He added that he fled to Israel because it is the safest place for him to stay alive and achieve Biafra republic.
“I want to ask those that criticise me about what they have done in their life.
“Did you know that Nelson Mandela ran to Nigeria for safety during his time?
“I ran away because Jubril (Buhari) sent the military to my house to come and kill me and they expected me to stay and confront them, I’m unarmed just as IPOB members are unarmed group.
“No one in Nigeria has done what I have done. I came home and I confronted the army, I went to their court, I was unlawfully detained, I went home, conducted a rally and they sent their army to come and kill me.
“Nnia Nwodo, Okezie Ikpeazu, Obiano and Umahi were the ones that signed and brought the army to kill me.
“Yes, I fled to Israel because it is the safest place for me and I needed to stay alive and achieve Biafra republic. Tell those who said that I ran away to read their history book, they will find out that all the popular human rights activists, both dead and alive ran away when it’s the best time to,” Kanu said.
