The Nigerian government has released three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who have been detained since they were arrested in 2020.
According to reports, the detainees, 59-year-old Sunday Nwafor, 48-year-old Uzonwanne Ejiofor, and 36-year-old Wilfred Dike were arrested by officers of the Nigerian Army in Abia State on February 27, 2020 and were detained at the 14 Brigade Nigerian Army, Ohafia.
There have been calls and repeated outcry by agitators for their release.
However, the suspects have been released after the intervention of Amnesty International Nigeria, an international human rights organization.
While confirming the release of the suspects in a recent statement, Amnesty International said it welcomed the release of the detainees and urged the “government to provide information about the status of other victims of enforced disappearance and incommunicado detention.”
The statement read: “Amnesty International welcomes the release of Sunday Nwafor, Uzonwanne Ejiofor, and Wilfred Dike, who were arrested on February 27, 2020, by officers of the Nigerian Army, in Abia State, on suspicion of being IPOB members.
“It is a welcome development but Amnesty International Nigeria urges Nigerian authorities to provide information about the status of other victims of enforced disappearance and incommunicado detention, grant their families and lawyers access to them, charge them to court, or release them in the absence of any legal authority used to justify their continued detention.”
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