IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has claimed that the reason FG carried out Python Dance in his hometown in 2017 was assassinate him not just to arrest him.
Naija News NG reports that Nnamdi Kanu claims that the Nigerian Army had orders to kill him in his Afaraukwu,Umuahia home , he also said his arrest and imprisonment were all connected to his constant insults on President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kanu said this while responding to the arrest of a man who insulted Muhammadu Buhari on Twitter .
Most people don’t know that one of the MAJOR reasons they arrested & sent the Army to KILL me (#PythonDance) was for INSULTING @MBuhari. If you show me another country where insulting the President can get you arrested or even KILLED, I will quit calling #Nigeria a Zoo. pic.twitter.com/kJKw7jaca8
— Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (@MaziNnamdiKanu) June 21, 2020
“Most people don’t know that one of the MAJOR reasons they arrested & sent the Army to KILL me (#PythonDance) was for INSULTING @MBuhari”, he wrote in twitter. He wondered why the army will want to kill him for only insulting the President.
“If you show me another country where insulting the President can get you arrested or even KILLED, I will quit calling #Nigeria a Zoo”, the IPOB leader said .
Nnamdi Kanu has in recent time been attacked by some ex IPOB members who feel he embezzled funds contributed by members for Defense Funds.
The IPOB founder is also in a running battle with Asari Dokubo who is also alleging Nnamdi Kanu also collected bribe from politicians from the South East, Nigeria.