BIAFRA: Family takes Kanu’s case to EU, USA, alleges plot to murder him

Mr Emmanuel Kanu, brother to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has accused Nigerian government of ill-treating him and has petitioned the European Union, the United States of America and Amnesty International to intervene in his case.

The family alleged that there is plot to kill Kanu without traces using prison authorities and security agents who have continuously subjected him to inhuman treatment

The family said in a statement it made available to newsmen at the weekend, that Kanu as well as other Biafra agitators incarcerated along with him at Kuje Prisons are barred from receiving visitors.

Part of the petition which also was sent to Human rights Watch read in part, “We observed with great dismay the conspiracy by the DSS and the Prison authorities through their prison wardens to stop Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from receiving visitors in Kuje prison Abuja.

“The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and others detained illegally alongside with him were only allowed to receive visitors for one hour a day from Monday to Friday in a week while other inmates were always allowed to receive visitors five hours in a day from Monday to Sunday, seven days a week.

“It is a huge embarrassment on the side of the British government who have been denied access to visit Mazi Nnamdi 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 IPOB.”

According to the family, the refusal to allow Kanu receive visitors was a trap by Nigerian Federal Government to secretly kill him.

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“Nevertheless, we observed that the security agents and prison authorities through the prison wardens are planning to eliminate Mazi 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 international community, USA, EU, Amnesty International, Human right Watch, Men and Women of good conscience and other relevant Human right organisations around the globe to caution the Federal Government of Nigeria and her security agents to stop their barbaric attitude towards my brother, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu”.

Kanu, leader of IPOB, one of the groups from Southeast part of Nigeria demanding for the independence of the region, has been in detention since October 2015.

Two different court rulings ordering his release and calls from several groups of the region have been waved aside by the present government under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari.

 

 

 

 

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