BY NGOZI OKORIE
MEMBERS of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra have threatened to cripple Nigeria if anything should happen to their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services.
The IPOB members alleged that the real intention of the Federal Government was to kill Kanu, who they said had not been allowed access to his lawyers, family members and personal physician.
These were contained in a statement on Friday by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful.
According to him, Kanu’s health has been deteriorating in the DSS’ cell, as he has refused to eat the food served there.
The statement read, “Nigeria Government and her security agency, the Department of State Services, must allow our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers and family access to him in the dungeon of DSS secret cell. It is now confirmed that their real intention in kidnapping him and bundling him back to Nigeria is to kill him.
“The mission they could not actualise in September 14, 2017, when soldiers invaded his Afaraukwu home during Operation Python Dance, is what they want to actualise now.
“We demand that DSS should allow him access to his lawyers and family members for this is his lawful right. And his lawyers are being harassed and we pity them and Nigeria if anything happens to our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The Nigeria Government and security agencies must understand the product we are made of and how prepared we are.
“South East Governors and Ohaneze, including politicians in the region must ensure that nothing bad happens to Nnamdi Kanu because Miyetti Allah and sympathisers of terrorists are going free in the country but ordinary person and innocent citizens are being molested everyday because they are Biafrans. We won’t accept that.
“We also want to tell the DSS to jettison any plans to inject our leader with poisonous vaccine that will make him die slowly. Any such attempt will come with unimaginable consequences! Nnamdi Kanu must not die in custody.
“The Fulani-controlled Federal Government of Nigeria and DSS should release our leader for international medical check up. He must have access to his doctors to ascertain his current health status since he was abuducted and tortured by the security agents.”
“We declare without equivocations that the Nigeria Government should not take our calmness for granted. Should anything untoward happen to our leader while in detention or even after, we will totally cripple Nigeria and its Government,” it added.
