By Emmanuel Abi Couson
Amnesty International Nigeria has called for the release of a couple Sunday and Calista Ifedi who were allegedly abducted by Nigerian security agents from their home in Enugu on 23 November 2021, over alleged membership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
AI in a statement on its verified X handle on Sunday 8 Dec 2024 stated that ‘”they are still detained incommunicado, without access to family or lawyers”
” This manner of detention is unlawful and puts the couple at the risk of torture and other ill treatment. Amnesty International urges the Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release them — or charge them to court”
The organization added that ” since 2016, Amnesty International has documented hundreds of cases of unlawful detention in the southeast, as well as many cases of disappearance of persons after arrest by security forces. This is an assault on the rule of law”
