Nnamdi Chukwu
AMNESTY International says it is deeply concerned about the safety of Mr Sunday Ifedi and his wife Calista both of whom were allegedly abducted by Nigerian security agents in Enugu on 23 November 2021, over alleged membership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The organisation says all efforts by both lawyers and family to trace their whereabouts failed since the alleged abduction.
According to the organisation such unlawful detention puts the couple at the risk of torture and other ill treatment. “The Nigerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release them — or charge them to court.
“In Southeast Nigeria, many people were arrested by state agents, without any trace of their whereabouts, and the state denies knowledge of where they are, putting their families through endless anguish,”
Amnesty International says since 2016 it has documented hundreds of cases of unlawful detention in the southeast, as well as many cases of disappearance of persons after arrest by security forces.
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