The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have once more called for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, their incarcerated leader.
The group said that given the recent threats of attacks that attacked Abuja, the federal capital area, the safety of Kanu cannot be assured in government custody.
The IPOB leader has reportedly been in the Department of State Services’ (DSS) custody in Abuja since he was returned from Kenya in 2021, according to InsightnaijaTV.
However, IPOB insisted that nothing should happen to Kanu while he is being held by the DSS in a statement released on Thursday through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, citing the shutdown of schools in Abuja and other nearby states due to a perceived impending attack.
IPOB advocated for Kanu’s swift and unconditional release in order to prevent such a tragedy.
The IPOB statement reads in part: “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been drawn to the sudden closure of all the Government public schools operating in Abuja because of the threats from terrorists groomed by Fulani people to take over Abuja and entire Nigeria; IPOB therefore demand immediate release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from DSS dungeon in Abuja by Nigeria government and her compromised DSS.
“We are reminding Nigeria and her security agencies that the world, through the UN Right group, has mandated the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the appropriate compensation paid to him without delay because he committed no crime against Nigeria and her sovereignty. The UN Group warned that if anything untoward happens to him it will be disastrous to Nigeria, and IPOB is ready to carry this order to the letter.
“We are advising the Fulani terrorists government of Nigeria to urgently release Mazi Nnamdi KANU unconditionally before their planned jihad in Abuja. We are monitoring them and the shenanigans they are playing with their terrorist collaborators to take over the government. IPOB is neither bothered nor interested in the plan of the terrorists to overrun the Nigerian government which we have rejected; our concern is the safety of our leader. We, therefore, demand that the Nigerian government must release the leader of IPOB now because he committed no crime as enunciated by the UN Right group.
“As Nigeria is closing schools, businesses, and other activities because of Fulani terrorists’ threat to attack Abuja, it clearly shows that Abuja is no longer safe for people to live. Hence our unequivocal demand for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi KANU before anything happens to him. We demand prompt and complete implementation of the UN directives concerning Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
