By Ogochukwu Isioma
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to immediately release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally from DSS custody, in line with the United Nations (UN) decision.
metrowatchxtra recalls that the United Nations, through its UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, had urged the Nigerian government to release Kanu from detention.
The UN in their recent decision had faulted the rendition of the IPOB leader and ordered that he (Kanu) should be equally compensated and those behind the ordeal investigated and punished.
IPOB in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, applauded the UN decision, noting that it is a landmark victory for “Kanu, IPOB and Biafrans worldwide”.
The statement added: “In the same vein, we commend all those who quietly labored and assisted in achieving this landmark victory. It is indeed a great milestone for our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB and Biafrans worldwide.
“We also express our profound gratitude to the United Nations and its Working Group for their courage in reaching this decision and issuing an opinion that comports with the tenets of international laws.
“It is our hope that Nigeria, as a member of the United Nations, will take heed and promptly obey and implement the UN directives to the letter. We caution that this is not a Nigerian court order that is often disobeyed without consequences.”
