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Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu said yesterday he is unaware of the whereabouts of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow for his case but he has not been seen since September 24 when military men entered his compound in Afaraukwu, Umuahia. Members of his outlawed organization are claiming that the military too him away a claim that has been denied. Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu said he was reliably told that Kanu had eloped to London through Malaysia. Speaking to reporters in Abuja at the weekend, Ikpeazu said:  “I don’t think that is a fair question. I don’t have the capacity to determine where Kanu is. I have never visited him. I have never called him on phone and he has never taken me into confidence as to what he does, where he goes. So, those who are close to him would answer. I don’t have capacity to monitor him to know where he is, maybe journalists, through inve...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo,  has revealed that he worked for Shehu Shagari and late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, to succeed him as President in 1980 and 2007, respectively, and not President Muhamamdu Buhari. Obasanjo stated this in a book titled: ‘The Need for Change’, authored by Buhari’s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla. “On two occasions, I have had the opportunity to work for my two successors to the government of Nigeria. On both occasions, I never took the easy and destabilizing route of ethnic, regional or religious consideration,,” Obasanjo was quoted as saying. “I worked for both President Shagari and President Yar’Adua to succeed me, not just because they are Moslems, Northerners or Hausa-Fulani, but because they could strengthen the unity, stability, and democracy in Nigeria. “We incurred the displeasure of chauvinists… that’s the nature of burden of leadership. A leader must lead n...