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NIGERIAN ARMY DENY STORMING KANU'S FAMILY HOME                       IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu sighted at the Federal high court   Abuja, Nigeria. ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A group campaigning for the secession of a part of southeastern Nigeria, formerly known as Biafra, on Tuesday accused the army of laying siege to their leader's home, a charge the armed forces denied. Rising tensions prompted the governor of Abia state, where the leader's residence is located, to impose a curfew. Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group said soldiers had surrounded the home of leader Nnamdi Kanu. Groups have stepped up calls for secession since Kanu was released on bail in April after being detained for nearly two years on charges of criminal conspiracy and belonging to an illegal society. "There was no surrounding of Nnamdi Kanu's residence. It is not true," said army spokesman Sani Usman. Secessionist sentiment has simmered in the region since th