Nnamdi Kanu Petitions UK, US Over Arrest Of 70 Pro-Biafrans

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has requested the UK and the US to intervene in the arrest of his members by the Imo state police command.

Reacting to the arrest of 70 pro-Biafrans, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mr. Kanu said he had petitioned the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) over the arrest, Ekohotblog reports.

Kanu disclosed this in a statement he signed but released through IPOB spokesman, Mr. Emma Powerful, on Friday.

In the letter made available to our correspondent, Mr. Kanu warned that Imo state government should not misunderstand the peaceful agitation being witnessed.

He also called on Imo State Governor, Mr. Hope Uzodinma, and the State’s Commissioner for Police, Mr. Isaac Olutayo Akinmode, to immediately release the arrested members.

“We wish to draw the attention of the creator of Nigeria, Almighty Great Britain through the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, the UK in Nigeria, the US State Department through US Mission Nigeria, to the deliberate and orchestrate provocations/actions of the government for peaceful Biafrans.

The group has not committed any crime known to the law, a group of Biafrans numbering over 70 were arrested, humiliated and detained by Mr. Isaac Olutayo Akinmoyede, Police Commissioner in Imo State.

“Despite the daily carnage and mayhem in Imo State by herdsmen, no one has been arrested and detained in the police custody.

“Police are yet to arrest or parade suspects involved in the killings and destruction of farmlands in the State.

“This same Police dared to detain innocent people going about their business because they are Biafrans.

“Is the state governor and commissioner for Police saying that Biafrans can be arrested at will, even when no crime has been committed, but herdsmen are free to roam and kill at will.

“This level of provocation is unacceptable. If and when Biafran people decide to take matters into their own hands, let it be on record that the duo caused it. Peaceful agitation should not be construed as weakness,” he said.