The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the United States of America and the European Union, alleging maltreatment of their son by the prison authorities and security agents and a plot by the government of Nigeria to kill him without traces.
In a statement signed by Kanu’s brother, Mr Emmanuel Kanu, on behalf of the family and made available to journalists in Awka, Anambra state, the family alleged that their son and other Biafra agitators detained with him at Kuje were being humiliated by prison officers and the officials of the Directorate of State Service, DSS.
The petition was also sent to Amnesty International and Human rights Watch.
It read partly, “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, denying Kanu a right to visitors was part of the plot to secetly kill him.
They said, “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”.
The Government of President Muhammadu Buhari is under increasing pressure to release Kanu.
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