The household of the chief of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm that their son is critically ailing within the custody of the Division of State Providers.
The household claimed that he urgently wants a heart specialist and urged President Bola Tinubu to not permit him to die within the DSS custody.
Kanu has been in custody since 2021 after he was renditioned to the nation from Kenya.
His bail software based mostly on his deteriorating well being situation was declined by Justice Binta Nyako on Tuesday.
In an announcement on Saturday, Kanu’s youthful brother, Emmanuel, mentioned he was knowledgeable that his brother was critically ailing.
Emmanuel said that Kanu wants pressing medical consideration to avert a significant well being disaster.
The assertion partly learn, “We acquired info this morning that he’s critically down. He has not been granted entry to his private docs, and he urgently wants a heart specialist. He shouldn’t be allowed to die in DSS custody”.
The household had earlier berated the political elite within the South-East over their failure to intercede with the President to assist safe the discharge of their son.
They alleged that some folks have been benefiting from his continued incarceration, therefore the obvious apathy on the a part of the political elite to interact the President in his launch.
“How be it that no one amongst Igbo political leaders has reached Tinubu to debate Nnamdi Kanu’s launch nearly a yr after he got here to energy?
“Is it not deliberate? Have they not been having access to the President regarding different points? It’s a disgrace that Kanu is being punished for asking for the liberty of Ndigbo, and the leaders have deserted him to die in DSS custody,” the household mentioned.
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