The development, according to Okwu-Kanu, raises serious questions about the legality of prolonged incommunicado detention and the rights of detainees accused of involvement in separatist activities.
Mrs Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has demanded an independent investigation into the arrest, prolonged detention and treatment of a woman, Onyeaka Ozioma Elizabeth, who she said was held for more than five years without her family knowing whether she was alive.
Okwu-Kanu also demanded an account of every person allegedly being held incommunicado at the Wawa Military Detention Centre in Kainji, Niger State, following the emergence of a video showing Ozioma at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
In a statement issued on Wednesday which was shared on X handle, Okwu-Kanu said Ozioma was seen at the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 15, 2026, where she reportedly disclosed that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested her at 3-3, Onitsha, Anambra State, more than five years earlier.
According to the account, Ozioma was subsequently taken to the Wawa detention facility in Kainji, where she was allegedly held without access to her family or a lawyer before eventually being brought to Abuja to face trial.
