Apex Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has accepted the decision of the United Nations, in which it asked the Nigerian Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. DAILY POST reports.
According to reports, the United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, indicted both the Nigerian and the Kenyan governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture, and continued detention of Kanu without due process.
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Prior to the UN decision, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide had said there was no justification for the continuous detention of Kanu whereas bandits were being celebrated.
In a statement presented to DAILY POST by the National President of OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he said the UN decision had vindicated its earlier stand on the incarceration of the IPOB leader. Information Guide Nigeria
“But security agencies, who apparently are compromised by the authorities in power, are only showing their muscles in the South-East.
“Not long ago, we made a fresh demand for Kanu’s release and this was predicated upon the manner the government was pampering pandits, yet holding Kanu, who is a prisoner of conscience. jamb results
“Now that the highest world organization, the UN, has taken a stand on this, it is incumbent on President Muhammadu Buhari to toe the path of honour and order Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
“The international community is watching as this would further demonstrate whether this government has regard for international obligations,” the Ohanaeze youth President further stated.
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