Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the Department of States Services (DSS) to be humane in handling its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is in its custody.
The IPOB claimed that Mazi Kanu had been maltreated in DSS’s custody.
The group claimed that its leader is being denied food for days.
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IPOB’s Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Emma Powerful, in a statement, on Saturday, said that Mazi Kanu should be transferred to Kuje Prison where people awaiting trial are kept.
IPOB’s statement says, “We are the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra under the command and leadership of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to place the world on notice over the continued maltreatment and humiliation of our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) custody Abuja.
“The evil and compromised Nigeria DSS security agent has decided to use starvation and hunger strategy to eliminate our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the custody.
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“They have continued to confine him to a solitary cell under harsh conditions since his rendition to Nigeria in June. Solitary confinement is not correctional centers. They should send him to Kuje Prison, pending his court dates.
IPOB wondered why the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has been “granting and releasing bandits and real terrorists everyday to transfer our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to a Nigerian prison/Correctional Centre, where persons awaiting trial are kept.”
The group warned that nothing untoward should happen to its leader.