Nnamdi Kanu's family speaks on his continuous detention

The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has questioned the continuous incarceration of their son despite several appeals and court orders to release him.

They described this as a humiliation of not only their son but the entire Igbos.

Their comment comes following the refusal of the Abuja Federal High Court to grant Kanu bail.

Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, who was speaking on behalf of the family alleged that some politicians are behind Kanu’s continuous detention and they are benefiting from the insecurity in the South East.

The family also threatened to expose those benefiting from his incarceration and promised that they will face the wrath of the Igbos if anything happens to him.

"How come 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.

"Kanu is terribly sick and nobody cares! His health is deteriorating everyday. He has not changed his clothes. Why has the court continued to hold him at DSS custody instead of the Correctional Centre?”

"Why can’t they go for his release if they truly love the South East? Something is definitely wrong somewhere. They are benefiting from his continued detention, and that’s why they are not making any serious move to engage Mr President. Don’t forget that some people sponsored his abduction and extraordinary rendition.

"Why should he be abandoned for asking for the freedom of Biafra? He didn’t take up arms against the Government but he was tagged a terrorist. Yet the same Government is busy releasing terrorists from detention.”

“If they fail to act, Ndigbo and Biafrans at large must hold them responsible. And it may get to a point where the masses may no longer be held back.

"Nobody dies with any secret. Very soon all those behind Kanu’s continued detention will be exposed. Those benefiting from the insecurity in the South East are the ones enjoying his continued stay in detention. But nothing lasts forever. One day they will be out of power.”

"Kanu has single handedly funded the release of inmates from different tribes who were unjustly detained while he was at Kuje prison last time. Why should he be now abandoned to rot in DSS custody?”