The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) condemned the ongoing detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in solitary confinement at the Department of State Service on Wednesday.
His continuing arrest, according to the group, is a breach of his rights and a violation of court orders demanding his release.
In a statement, IPOB’s chief counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urged the Federal Government to release Kanu immediately.
He stated that Kanu had been imprisoned for too long and urged his immediate release.
The statement partly read,
“The continued illegal and unconstitutional detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in a solitary confinement in the facility of the Nigerian State Security Service, is in flagrant disobedience to various orders of courts of competent jurisdiction, a gross violation of his human rights as clearly provided for under the Nigerian Constitution; African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the Rights to Self-Determination and other International Conventions and Treaties to which Nigeria is a signatory.
“The Nigerian State must free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in compliance with its own laws, conventions and court orders, and the time is now. Enough is enough!”