Biafra leader’s arrest: Group writes world leaders

In from Ahmed Boulor . . .
Reactions have continued to trail the arrest of acclaimed Director of Radio Biafra and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu who was whisked away by men of the Department of State Security (DSS) as he flew into Nigeria from his base in the UK.
The arrest of the Biafra leader has forced the hand of the group championing the secession of Biafra from Nigeria, Indigenous People of Biafra Worldwide, which owns Radio Biafra on Sunday, to write an open letter to world leaders over the plight of its Mr. Kanu.
In a passionate letter by Ifeanyi Chijioke on behalf of the group, he noted that with the arrest of Kanu, freedom of speech had received a knock of death.

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The letter reads: “The world leaders must stand up to its integrity, pride, and in defense of the law they made,” the group said, adding that the UN chatter on the rights of indigenous people had become endangered with the arrest of this “leader of indigenous people of Biafra.
“It’s on record that Nnamdi Kanu is a law abiding leader who has disciplined indigenous people of Biafra to strictly abide by local and international law.
“The gut for his arrest is nothing but a slap on the face of United Nations.
“Meanwhile, this is a gross provocation of indigenous people of Biafra and, as endangered people, would only wait shortly for due process and immediate release of her leader.”

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