A Nigerian couple, Sunday Ifedi and his wife Calista Ifedi were on 23rd of November, 2021 forcefully abducted from their home in Enugu State by the Nigerian security agents under the accusations of being members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB.
Since their abduction, the couple has been in detention of the Nigerian security agency without access to family or lawyers.
Calling for their unconditional release, Amnesty International in a post on its official X account, called on the federal government to release the couple so they could reunite with their children.
“This brazen disregard for national, regional and international human rights obligations must end, Amnesty International urges the Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release from unlawful detention: Sunday Ifedi and his wife Calista Ifedi”, the human rights organization posted on its X account.
“Children of Sunday and Calista Ifedi have all dropped out of school and since 2021 have been deprived of contact with their parents. The authorities must — at all times and in all cases — comply with international human rights law and standards,” the organization added.
Amnesty International also stated that there has been massive cases of unlawful detection and cases of disappearance of persons since 2016 in the Southeast region.
“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,” AI states.
