Tony Okafor
The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the United States government, the European Union and Amnesty International to intervene in securing the release of their son, alleging that the Federal Government was planning to kill the IPOB leader.
In the petition signed by a brother of the IPOB leader, Mr. Emmanuel Kanu, on behalf of the family, and made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State, the family alleged that their son and other Biafra agitators detained at Kuje Prisons were being humiliated by the prisons authorities and the officials of the Department of State Services.
They said the IPOB leader with his fellow detainees were stopped from receiving visitors, because they were allegedly hatching a plan to eliminate him.
Their statement read in part, “We observed with great dismay the conspiracy by the DSS and the prison authorities through their prison wardens to stop Nnamdi Kanu from receiving visitors in Kuje prison, Abuja.
“It is a huge embarrassment on the side of British government who have been denied access to visit Kanu in Kuje prison by the security agents and prison authorities through the prison wardens. The security agents and prison wardens stopped the British people who intended to visit Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the prison to see the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
“Nevertheless, we observed that the security agents and prison authorities, through the prison wardens, are planning to eliminate Nnamdi Kanu without anybody knowing when it will happen, that is why they are making sure nobody visits him again.”
“In line with this, we are calling on the international community, USA, EU, Amnesty International, Human Right Watch, men and women of good conscience and other relevant human rights organisations around the globe to caution the Federal Government of Nigeria and its security agents to stop their barbaric attitude towards our brother, Kanu.”
Meanwhile, the National Chairman of the Independent Democrats, Mr. Edozie Madu, on Saturday, said President Muhammadu Buhari had done well for the South-East on road construction.
Madu stated this in Awka, Anambra State, during the state congress of the party, where Mr. Omeife Omeife and Evans Ihesi emerged the state chairman and secretary of the party, respectively.
The ID National Chairman said he was overwhelmed when he saw the massive road constructions in the area, especially on the Enugu-Onitsha Express way.
He said, “I score President Buhari government 95 per cent in this area. President Buhari and the Federal Government have remembered the people of the South-East who were abandoned for many years by previous administrations in the country,” Madu stated.
Madu also commended the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, for improving the security in the state.
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