IPOB: US groups seek Kanu’s release over health concerns

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA — Two United States-based self-determination advocacy groups have called on the Nigerian government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, citing concerns about his health and demanding a referendum on self-determination.

The groups, Avid Rising Sun and Ambassadors for Self-Determination, made the demands in a joint statement signed on Thursday by Dr Sylvester Onyia, Mazi Evans Nwankwo and Dede Maxwell.

They called for Kanu’s immediate medical evacuation and treatment, as well as respect for his fundamental human rights.
The organisations argued that demands for a self-determination referendum should be addres...