ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has decried the alleged deteriorating health of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained Leader of the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
This is following an earlier report from Ifeanyi Ejiofor, IPOB’s Attorney, saying that “Nnamdi Kanu is suffering from gastro intestinal illness, which necessitates the constant use of antacids and other available medical treatments”.
Ejiofor added that: “The DSS has refused to allow him have even the smallest amount of the prescribed painkiller, which could have given him short-term respite.
“The DSS has repeatedly treated the existing court order—which specifically directed that Nnamdi kanu should be granted access to his doctor for an independent review/investigation of his current health status—with the utmost contempt and disdain”.
Ohanaeze, while expressing concern over the report of Kanu’s health, warned that the security situation in the South-East would worsen if anything happens to the IPOB leader in detention.
In a statement in Enugu on Tuesday by Ohanaeze spokesman, Alex Ogbonnia, the group said: “The above report should be very worrisome to any fair-minded patriotic Nigerian. The fair-minded and patriotic because, it is self-evident that the Nnamdi Kanu phenomenon is a product of circumstances.
“It is rather an outcome, or the effect of the orchestrated alienation of the Southeast from the centres of power in Nigeria, especially since the onset of President Buhari administration”.
Ohanaeze reminded the federal government that the incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu had rather contributed to the enormity of insecurity in the South-East “ and one wonders what will happen if by the utter carelessness, negligence or unnecessary victimization, something untoward happens to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
Ogbonnia recalled: “Several patriots such as Chief E K Clarke, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Dr. Bitrus Porgu among others have decried the unjust treatment to the Igbo of the South-East.
Ogbonnia further recalled that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador Professor George Obiozor, an erudite professor and seasoned diplomat, had on several occasions advised President Buhari that the issue of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is beyond the courts or the use of force; advising that it requires political solution.
Obiozor, he said, urged the Federal Government to embrace the values of justice, equity and fairness in their true sense for real peace, progress, unity and development to thrive in Nigeria.
“He argued that all over the world, the moment the populace become conscious of the existence of governance based on selective morality, outrageous paradox and double standards, the expected legitimacy from the people becomes well-nigh unattainable.