According to a report by The PUNCH, the Indigenous People of Biafra has actually accused the Department of State Services of subjecting Nnamdi Kanu to 23-hour holding cell daily at its head office in Abuja.

This is just as the group also declared that the presiding judge in Kanu’s case, Justice Binta Nyako, was disregarding to the impunity of the DSS against its leader.

The group advised both the judge and the DSS that solitary confinement of an innocent individual is a criminal offense as specified under Section 2 of the Anti-torture Act of 2017, which offense brings in 25 years imprisonment upon conviction.

In a statement on Wednesday, its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Justice Nyako had actually declined to guarantee that DSS require and respect the fundamental rights of Kanu as supplied in the rule of law.

Powerful likewise explained that a judge must be reasonable to all specifically the accused who has not been founded guilty, adding that Kanu must not be treated with brutality just due to the fact that he is an Igbo.

The statement checked out in parts, “Once again, we want to raise the alarm over the continuous detention of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in solitary confinement at the State Security Services, headquarters Abuja.

“We have actually seen that the administering judge handling this case, Hon. Justice Binta Nyako is an accomplice to the suffering of an innocent man, who dedicated no crime known to law in Nigeria and the world. The judge has actually refused to make sure that the DSS require and respect the essential rights of Nnamdi Kanu as offered in the law.

“We are viewing her and the DSS. If anything untoward takes place to our leader in the DSS custody, they will regret his rendition from Kenya to Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu is being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours every day where he is daily being subjected to psychological and psychological abuse due to the fact that of his belief in Biafra liberty and independence.

“The truth that all orders made by the court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako about the welfare and management of Kanu at the DSS dungeon were all flouted by the apprehending authority, without being reprimanded or devoted for contempt by the presiding judge.

“We are contacting males and females of great conscience, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, intersociety and reputable Human Rights Organisations around the world to dominate on Nigeria government and the compromised security companies particularly the DSS, in addition to justice Binta Nyako to launch Nnamdi Kanu whose health condition needs immediate attention.

“He must not be permitted to die in detention as such situation will not be in the interest of anybody.”

ToriNG