The family of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has threatened to name some politicians it said were responsible for the continued detention of their son.

This is even as the family said the continued incarceration of their son despite appeals and several court orders to release him, “is a humiliation” of not just their son but “the entire Igbo race.”

Speaking against the backdrop of the recent denial of bail to the IPOB leader by an Abuja High Court, spokesman of the family, Emmanuel Kanu said the family has no doubt that the continued incarceration was the handiwork of some selfish politicians who are benefiting from the insecurity in the South East.

The family threatened to expose the beneficiaries of their son’s continued incarceration and the insecurity in the South East region.

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

Kanu’s family insisted that some people are benefiting from his continued incarceration hence the apparent apathy on the part of the political elite to engage the President for his release.

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

Meanwhile, the family has expressed sadness over the refusal of Justice Binta Nyako to grant Kanu bail, saying his continued detention was a humiliation to the Igbo race.

The family wondered if the trial Judge had taken time to go through the certified true copy (CTC), of the Supreme Court ruling on the matter which held that the Federal High Court ought not to have revoked Kanu’s bail in the first place.

According to the family, if truly the trial Judge had digested the CTC of the Supreme Court judgment, the court would not have denied him his bail application at the last hearing on Monday. (Daily Sun)

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