An
alarm has been raised on the deteriorating health of the founder of
Radio, Nnamdi Kanu after he is being held in DSS detention for over
three months now.
Radio Biafra Founder, Nnamdi Kanu
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has raised an alarm, accusing
the Department of State Security of denying Nnamdi Kanu medical
treatment as his health in detention deteriorates. It claimed attempts
by the founder of Radio Biafra to have his doctor attend to him have
been stopped by the DSS.
IPOB Media and Publicity Officer, Mr. Emma Powerful alleged in
Nnewi on Sunday, that the Federal Government through the DSS has
perfected plans to systematically kill Kanu in the DSS cell by denying
him medical attention and subjecting him to torture on daily basis.
“Information from a reliable DSS source revealed that the
Federal Government is also planning to transfer Mr. Kanu to a particular
cell in the country where members of Boko Haram are detained, and it is
their plan to kill him there,” Powerful said
He said that IPOB had written the United Nations, the African
Union, AU, United States of America, Russia, France, Israel, Britain and
Amnesty International, including other relevant world bodies and
organizations about the life threatening treatment being given to Kanu
by the Federal Government through the DSS operatives.
He also warned the FG that if anything should happen to Nnamdi Kanu
in detention, there will be more chaos. He accused Buhari of disobeying
court orders after two competent courts of jurisdiction have granted
him bail.
“President Buhari and DSS will have no defence if they allow
Mr. Kanu to die in the hands of DSS, more so when two competent courts
of jurisdiction have granted him bail. To be forewarned is to be
forearmed. A word is enough for the wise. Nobody is sure of his health
condition now, and therefore, Kanu should be released and allowed to see
his doctors.
“The present administration’s continued detention of Kanu when
the courts had granted him bail is a flagrant abuse of power and
lawlessness on the part of President Buhari and the DSS, and Nigeria is
gradually reverting to dictatorship.
“The President is behaving as if he is above the law. Why can’t
he respect the law if he has regards for democratic government, or is
this the change he is talking about, going from lawfulness to
lawlessness?”
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