Nigerian Police Lied – This Was a State-Sanctioned Custodial Murder, Not “Death from Illness”

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The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium (MNGDC) categorically rejects the false, recycled, and insultingly predictable claim by the Nigeria Police Force that a citizen branded as an “IPOB sponsor” allegedly “died of illness” while in their custody.

Let the record reflect the truth without varnish or euphemism:
This was not a death by illness — it was a custodial killing, a State-sanctioned execution carried out under the cover of official authority.

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1. The “Illness” Excuse Is a Criminal Cover-Up

The narrative that detainees “die of illness” is an outdated propaganda script — one long used whenever Nigerian security agents torture, starve, or secretly execute citizens in detention.

If the Police have nothing to hide, they must publicly answer:

• Who diagnosed this alleged “illness”?

• Where is the official medical report?

• Why was a supposedly ill person detained and denied bail?

• Why was he not transferred to a hospital?

Until these questions are answered, silence equals guilt.
This man died because he was in police custody — not in spite of it.

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2. The “IPOB” Label Has Become a Death Warrant

In today’s Nigeria, once security agents tag someone “IPOB,” due process effectively ends.
Citizens so labelled are detained without charge, denied trial, and often never make it out alive.

This is not law enforcement — it is extrajudicial killing.
The Nigerian State has effectively authorised an unofficial “kill-on-suspicion” policy against Biafra-identified citizens.

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3. This Is State-Enabled Terror, Not Policing

A police institution that repeatedly produces corpses from its own custody has ceased to be a law-enforcement body — it has become a State-protected execution squad.

This reality echoes the warning once issued by General T.Y. Danjuma (Rtd): that Nigeria’s armed forces and security institutions have become complicit in violence against the very citizens they are meant to protect.

Today, the uniform has become the camouflage of terror, and State authority the shield for atrocity.

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4. The State Bears Full Responsibility

Under the Nigerian Constitution, once a person is in custody, the State assumes total responsibility for their life, safety, and welfare.

Therefore:

• If he was tortured — the State killed him.

• If he was denied medical care — the State killed him.

• If he “fell ill” under detention — the State still killed him.

There is no legal or moral escape clause. The State is culpable.

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OUR POSITION AND DEMANDS

The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium demands the following without negotiation:

1. Immediate independent autopsy and coroner’s inquest conducted by non-state forensic experts.

2. Full public disclosure of all detention records, interrogation logs, and the identities of officers on duty.

3. Criminal prosecution of every officer directly or indirectly involved in the torture, neglect, or killing of the deceased.

4. An immediate end to the State-approved profiling and extermination of citizens labelled “IPOB.”

This case must not be swept under the carpet. Nigeria cannot continue as a nation where citizens enter police custody alive and leave in body bags.

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CONCLUSION

The era of blindly accepting security-agency press releases is over. Nigerians now recognise the grim pattern:
Arrest → Detain → Torture → Kill → Blame “Illness” → Issue Press Release.

This latest killing will not be buried with silence.
The MNGDC will pursue full legal accountability, domestically and internationally, until every perpetrator and enabler of this crime faces justice.