Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader
‘We are running out of patience,’ as IPOB carpets DSS over ‘systematic delay’ of Kanu trial
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has decried failure of Nigerian government to produce its leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court without cogent reason.
IPOB asked ‘if truly Mazi Kanu is still alive, why should the government be playing hide and seek in allowing him access to his family members and lawyers.’
In a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group condemned action of the Department of State Services, (DSS) and its systematic delay and failure to produce Kanu in court today in Abuja.
The group said it was worried about the safety of Kanu in DSS custody.
“In the past seven days, DSS has refused our lawyers and our leader’s family members access to him. This is wickedness!
“We are no longer comfortable with this development. We have enough grounds to suspect foul play. With the failure of DSS to produce our leader in court today without any cogent reason and coupled with the torture meted out to him since his abduction in Kenya, we are worried about the safety of our Leader”, IPOB said.
“Considering his deteriorating health condition since he was kidnapped and the refusal of DSS to grant him access to his personal physicians, it is possible that our Leader may have been killed.”
“We are running out of patience. Nigeria should not take IPOB for granted. Our leader must not die in detention”.
While commending markets, banks and government agencies, motor parks, transport companies, and so on, that shut down in solidarity for Kanu’s travails, the organisation demanded the immediate and “unconditional release of all those arrested on Monday in Abuja and other parts of the country for their solidarity to our leader.”
