Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has announced the death of his mother, madam Ugoeze Sally Kanu.
According to Kanu, she died on August 30, 2019 in Germany after doctors battled unsuccessfully over a protracted illness she suffered. He kept mum on reasons behind the belated announcement and also about the burial arrangements.
The Biafran leader however linked the federal government to her death, citing alleged soldiers’ invasion of his Umuahia, Abia State residence during the Operation Python Dance exercise in September 2017.
“The trauma of watching her children being hunted and killed by the federal government was the cause of her illness, and today we have lost her,” he said.
He however pledged not to be deterred by the death in his struggle for the actualization of Biafra republic. “I had said before that I was ready to sacrifice anything for Biafra, and today I have sacrificed my mum. We will not be deterred, we shall continue to fight for the freedom of our people”.