Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has demanded the release of unlawfully detained Igbo people across Nigeria.

IPOB is a group seeking the secession of the South-east and some parts of the South-south from Nigeria.

The IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, made the demand in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday.

Mr Powerful said the recent release of four male suspected IPOB members after four years in detention at the facility of the State Security Service exposed what he described as systemic injustice against the Igbo people.

He said the release of the four men should not be mistaken for a resolution of the wider concerns over the detention of the group's members.

He said the group's legal...