Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in the DSS’s custody since he was rearrested in Kenya four years after escaping bail, is currently on trial for treasonable felony and terrorism allegations.
However, Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel for the embattled IPOB leader, claimed on Monday, February 21, 2022, that DSS agents had twice stopped lawyers from visiting Kanu in their custody.
According to him, the DSS’s actions were in violation of an order by Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja that Kanu be allowed to see his counsel on Mondays and Thursdays.
In response, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said in a statement on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, that it was not sure if Kanu was still alive.
The secessionist group pondered if the DSS had eliminated their leader while requesting the agency to explain why the IPOB leader was being kept away from his family and attorneys.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the refusal by the DSS in Abuja to allow family members and lawyer to our leader, Nnamdi Kanu, during routine visitation in the DSS custody on Monday.
“We also recall that the DSS did not also allow family members and lawyers access to our leader last Thursday when they went to see him. Our legal team visited the DSS office in Abuja on Thursday last week, but the DSS refused to allow them to see our leader. Again, on Monday, they denied them access to our leader.
“For now we are not sure of his state of health, if he is still alive at all. The DSS should open up and tell the world why they are shielding our leader from the family and lawyers. Have they eliminated him?
“We are informing the international community and all diplomatic missions in Abuja to be aware of the provocative actions of the DSS. Nobody should blame IPOB for anything, because the Federal Government and its security agencies have pushed us to the wall enough.”
