The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says he is critically ill in the custody of the Department of State Services, asking President Bola Tinubu not to allow him die in detention.
In a statement on Saturday, Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel, said he was informed that his brother was critically ill and that he urgently needs a cardiologist.
Kanu, who has been held in a DSS facility since 2021 after he was renditioned to the country from Kenya, had his bail application based on his failing health, rejected by Justice Binta Nyako on Tuesday.
“We got information this morning that he is critically down. He has not been granted access to his personal doctors, and he urgently needs a cardiologist. He should not be allowed to die in DSS custody,” Emmanuel said.
The family had earlier accused the political elite in the South-East of benefiting from Kanu’s continued detention, which, according to them, is the reason they are disinterested in urging Tinubu to release the embattled IPOB leader.
“How be it that nobody among Igbo political leaders has reached Tinubu to discuss Nnamdi Kanu’s release almost a year after he came to power?
“Is it not deliberate? Have they not been gaining access to the President concerning other issues? It’s a shame that Kanu is being punished for asking for the freedom of Ndigbo, and the leaders have abandoned him to die in DSS custody,” the family said.
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