JUST IN: I don't know if my client is DEAD or ALIVE -Kanu's Lawyer cries out!

• I don't know if my client is dead or alive Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer raises alarm

• Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer has said that the life of his client is being threatened by the Nigerian military

• Ifeanyi Ejiofor said President Muhammadu Buhari should be held responsible if anything happens to Kanu

• He also accused the Nigerian military of plotting to maim and kill his client

A lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has raised alarm on the life of his client.

Ifeanyi Ejiofor said he is not aware if his client is alive or dead following an ongoing invasion of Kanu's residence by the soldiers of the Nigerian military.

In a statement released on Tuesday, September 12, Ejiofor said: "Just to notify the world that my client's (Nnamdi Kanu) house is presently under siege by the trigger happy soldiers acting under the direct instruction of Chief of Army staff."

"They drove in their thousands to arrest and maim him. I just got a distressed call from him now. Further efforts to establish contact with him has remain unsuccessful.

"As it stands now, I can't confirm whether he is dead or alive.

The operation python dance presently launched by the Buhari led administration in the south east, principally targeted at eliminating my client, is yielding the desired result to the presidency, having launched a man hunt for my client and unarmed members if indigenous people of Biafra.

"Let the world know that the federal government has practically abandoned their case in court in search of a brute route to eliminate my client. As I type this statement, his residence has been cordoned off by the military, majority of whom are of Fulani extraction.

"The world should hold Buhari led federal government responsible if anything untoward happen to Nnamdi Kanu. The situation is very tense at the moment. "