Release our leader – IPOB urges FG
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday urged the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Department of State Services to release its leader Nnamdi Kanu.
The organisation made this disclosure in a press statement obtained by PERISCOPE NIGERIA, and signed Emma Powerful, its Media and Publicity Secretary.
The statement partly read, “The global family of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) commend the efforts of Igbo Sons and Daughters, and other pro- Biafra groups, Human Right defenders, and lovers of freedom who have called for the unconditional release of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU who is illegally detained by the Nigeria Government in DSS solitary confinement for almost two(2) years now.
“We wish to commend the persistent calls for the release of Mazi Nnamdi KANU from persons like Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mba, Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, Barr. Kanayo .O. Kanayo, and others. Moreso, the recent call from newly elected Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah and his personal visit to the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the release of Mazi Nnamdi KANU is welcomed by the IPOB family WORLDWIDE.
“These individuals and groups whose efforts were done in the open and behind closed doors for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi KANU from the DSS dungeon are all noted and appreciated by IPOB family worldwide.
“In Nigeria today, Mazi Nnamdi KANU remains the only political prisoner held unconstitutionally in custody without charge because he is an Igboman. The main reason for his persecution and illegal incarceration is because he is an Igbo Biafran fighting for the freedom and wellbeing of his people.”
IPOB disclosed that self- determination is legal and supported by the United Nations Laws and by the Africa Union Charter, adding that “It is an inalienable right of the Indigineous peoples to pursue their own political, economic, cultural and social future. Mazi Nnamdi KANU was illegally abducted in Kenya, extraordinarily renditioned to Nigeria, and held in solitary confinement for 2 years because of his request for a United Nation supervised Biafra referendum.
“In Nigeria, Igbo Biafrans have become an endangered species who are discriminated against, profiled, and slaughtered like chicken by the Nigeria murderous Security Agents, yet the same Nigeria Government criminalized the IPOB leader and members for peacefully seeking to chat a political future for Biafrans as enshrined in UN and African Union Charters. Who beats a child and stops him from crying? Who does that?”
