IPOB has urged President Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally over his critical health condition.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised concerns over the rapidly deteriorating health of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
In a statement issued yesterday by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB called for Kanu’s unconditional release, warning that his life is in serious danger while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja.
Emma Powerful emphasized the urgency of the situation, stating, “The health of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is fast deteriorating. His continued detention in solitary confinement is a deliberate attempt by the Nigerian government to provoke IPOB.”
The separatist group accused the Nigerian government of intentionally putting Kanu’s life at risk, asserting that any harm coming to him while in captivity would have dire consequences.
IPOB warned against the dangers of neglecting Kanu’s health and called on the international community to intervene.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been in detention since his re-arrest in June 2021, following an operation that saw him brought back to Nigeria from Kenya.
Since then, IPOB has consistently called for his release, citing his deteriorating health and the conditions of his detention.
The pro-Biafra group reiterated its demand for Kanu’s unconditional release, emphasizing the need for urgent medical attention.
They also accused the Nigerian authorities of using Kanu’s detention as a means of suppressing the group’s demand for an independent Biafra.
IPOB’s statement read, “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, led by its resolute leader, Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu once again call for the unconditional release of our leader from DSS solidarity confinement over his deteriorating health condition.
“The Nigerian government is intentionally provoking IPoB, by refusing to release our leader even when the Nigerian and International Courts have ordered for his unconditional release.
“IPoB wishes to reiterate that the life of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is in danger in the solitary confinement of the DSS in Abuja. We have persistently called on the Nigerian government to release our leader as both international and local law institutions have ordered his release.
“Many prominent Nigerians, religious, traditional, and political leaders, including 50 members of the National Assembly, have equally called for his release. But Tinubu’s government has refused to listen to the voice of reason by refusing to release Mazi Kanu, just like his predecessor, Buhari.
“Tinubu’s government has discontinued similar cases of terrorism and treason charges against two Yoruba activists and a Fulani militia leader. In the case of an Igbo man, unarmed freedom activist, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, this same Tinubu’s government has vehemently refused to release him.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has subsisting local and international judgments that ordered for his release, unlike the Tinubu’s government discontinued cases of the Yoruba activist and Fulani terrorist without any court judgment.
“We are enumerating all these injustices to demonstrate that the Federal Government of Nigeria is intentionally provoking the anger of IPoB and Ndigbo.
“IPoB has maintained a non-violent approach in the Biafra struggle irrespective of the high-handedness of the Nigerian government against Biafra activists.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is seriously sick and must be released unconditionally from DSS solidarity confinement for him to treat himself before something unpredictable and unimaginable happens to him.
“Nigeria will not be the same if anything happens to him. In fact, Nigeria will cease to be if anything untoward happens to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
