IPOB Reveals Locations Of 27 Detention Centers With Over 350 Igbos Facing Rights Violations

IPOB Reveals Locations Of 27 Detention Centers With Over 350 Igbos Facing Rights Violations

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed that over 350 individuals from Nigeria’s South-East region, mostly Igbos, are being secretly held in 27 detention centers across the country. According to IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, these detainees are enduring severe human rights abuses, including torture and organ trafficking……CONTINUE READING 

Many of those detained were reportedly arrested during the 2020 #EndSARS protests and have been held incommunicado since. IPOB alleges that Igbos have been particularly targeted by security forces, with many detained on accusations of being members of IPOB, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), or facing false charges of kidnapping.

The statement also notes that individuals from other ethnic groups are being held in these facilities. IPOB has identified several secret detention sites where over 350 Igbos and people from other ethnic groups are allegedly held, including:

– Wawa Military Base
– Kanji Dam Detention Centre
– Niger State Barrack and Prison
– DSS Headquarters, Abuja
– Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Abattoir, Abuja
– Tiger Base Police Detention, Owerri, Imo State
– Goodluck Jonathan’s Army Barrack, Ohafia, Abia State
– Zone 9, Umuahia, Abia State
– Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State
– Onitsha Army Barracks, Anambra State
– Navy Base Ogbaru, Anambra State
– SARS Awkuzu Ukpo, Anambra State
– 82 Division Enugu Military Barracks, Enugu State
– Obinze Army Barracks, Owerri, Imo State
– Central Police Station Headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State
– State CID Headquarters, Awka, Anambra State
– Naval Base Asaba, Delta State
– Enugu Maximum Prison, Enugu State
– Port Harcourt Maximum Prison, Rivers State
– Aba Prison, Abia State
– Abakaliki Prisons, Ebonyi State
– Uyo Prisons, Akwa Ibom State
– Owerri Prison, Imo State
– Kuje Prison, Abuja
– Keffi Prison, Abuja
– Suleja Prison, Niger State
– Nigerian Military Intelligence Detention Facility, Abuja

Some detainees have been missing for years, with some reportedly abducted as far back as 2016 during a rally supporting then-U.S. President Donald Trump. IPOB is calling on human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and the UN Human Rights Council, to investigate these allegations and pressure the Nigerian government for the release of the detainees.

The group emphasized that prolonged illegal detention amounts to torture and violates fundamental human rights. IPOB urges families with missing relatives to check these detention centers and demands accountability from the Nigerian government for these alleged abuses.