Nnamdi Chukwu
PROSCRIBED Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was on Monday 27th February 2023, rushed to the Department of State Services (DSS) clinic on a medical emergency.
Comrade Emma Powerful, Media and Publicity Secretary for IPOB, in a statement Friday, warned the Nigeria government and DSS agents against the continued detention of Mazi Kanu whom the group says is being held in solitary confinement despite the court and United Nations Working Group orders to allow him to attend to his deteriorating health.
“Rushing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in an emergency to an ill-equipped DSS clinic is cosmetic and can cause more harm to him. He needs his personal physician, who understands his medical history to take care of him.
“DSS is using solitary confinement as torture to suffer Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to break his resolve. We want the Nigerian government and DSS to understand that neither killings, abductions, nor solitary confinement can break Maxi Kanu and IPOB members’ resolve to restore Biafra. Biafra restoration is a divine project that we have sworn to accomplish, no matter the cost.
“The Nigerian government expected IPOB to cause confusion and insecurity during their fraudulent s/elections, but we disappointed them because we are not anti-democratic. They had lobbied the international community to label IPOB as those that will create insecurity in the South-East region, but we disappointed them. They thought Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would foil their agenda during the fraudulent presidential selection they call elections. Hence, they held him illegally in detention to carry out their election rigging.
“Now, the cabals have completed their agenda in the elections. They should release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to undergo a much-needed heart surgery urgently”.
The group also said its neutral position and determination to ensure peace during the recently held presidential election was, according to it, “to prove them wrong and to tell them that IPOB is ahead of their games and is in control of Biafraland. What we did was safeguard our territory from invaders deployed to destroy it.
“Today, nobody is blaming IPOB as part of their rigged presidential election. Every region was visited by one crisis or another during the fraudulent election, but the South East was peaceful. This is to show them that IPOB has control of our territory and is more intelligent than all of them. Therefore, we maintain that Nigeria is irredeemable. Biafra is the only and our best option.
“We want the Nigerian government, their security agencies, and those foreigners who are remotely interested in the corrupt political system in Nigeria to understand that IPOB believes in self-determination through peaceful means. That does not mean that we are cowards. We shall do whatever we can to defend ourselves and our territory going forward. Amnesty International Nigeria, who accused IPOB of being against Ndigbo because of the charade of an election, should tell the Nigerian government to respect their court and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu now.
“Our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is critically ill in the DSS solitary confinement and must be released unconditionally to attend to his deteriorating health urgently. The Nigerian government must do the needful now that there is time to avoid negative consequences that may follow”.