The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday asked the Nigerian Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on the grounds of ill health.
Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the group, said the Nigerian government was provoking IPOB by refusing to release Kanu.
Powerful urged President Bola Tinubu and the Attorney General of the Federation to release Kanu, saying his life is in danger in the facility of the Department of State Service, DSS.
Recall that Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had raised an alarm over the health condition of the IPOB leader.
Ejimakor had disclosed that Kanu was suffering from low blood pressure and shortness of breath in the DSS facility.
Parts of a statement issued by Powerful on Wednesday read: “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by the 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 for his release.
“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.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s health is going down every day under DSS solitary confinement because of the nature of his health issues. IPOB is calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Attorney General fatai Fagbemi again to free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu so that he can go and treat himself before it’s too late.”