Family of the incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, say their son is critically ill in the custody of the Department of State Services.
The family claimed that he urgently needs a cardiologist and urged President Bola Tinubu not to allow him to die in the DSS custody.
Kanu has been in custody since 2021 after he was renditioned to the country from Kenya.
His bail application based on his deteriorating health condition was declined by Justice Binta Nyako on Tuesday.
In a statement on Saturday, Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel, said he was informed that his brother was critically ill.
Emmanuel stated that Kanu needs urgent medical attention to avert a major health crisis.
The statement reads, “We got information this morning that he is critically down. He has not been granted access to his personal doctors, and he urgently needs a cardiologist. He should not be allowed to die in DSS custody”.
The family had earlier berated the political elite in the South-East over their failure to intercede with the President to help secure the release of their son.
They alleged that some people were benefiting from his continued incarceration, hence the apparent apathy on the part of the political elite to engage the President in his release.
“How be it that nobody among Igbo political leaders has reached Tinubu to discuss Nnamdi Kanu’s release almost a year after he came to power?
“Is it not deliberate? Have they not been gaining access to the President concerning other issues?
“It’s a shame that Kanu is being punished for asking for the freedom of Nd’Igbo, and the leaders have abandoned him to die in DSS custody,” the family said.
