The statement comes a day after the controversial ban hit 100 days, with rights activists expressing fears that the regime was not in a hurry to rescind its action.
The family said failure to make public the identity of the accused police officer would be seen as a cover-up.
The defendant said he was denying the child because his wife once moved out of their house without his permission.
In June, Mr Buhari announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter after the microblogging site deleted one of his tweets.
Senator Nnamani said the sit-at-home order by IPOB has brought the economy and social life of the South-East to its knees.
Reports have it that the deceased was beaten to death by soldiers for violating the state curfew.
The state government said it was preventing bandits from migrating into Kano from other states.
Footage of the protest analysed by forensic experts detailed how soldiers shot at fleeing protesters nonstop.
Governor Yahaya Bello, through his information commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, lambasted his colleagues for pushing for independent collection of VAT.
The police charged the accused with criminal conspiracy, unnatural offence and constituting public nuisance.
