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Thursday, 22 September 2022

Amid deteriorating health SSS denies Kanu food, medical attention - Lawyer

Amid deteriorating health SSS denies Kanu food, medical attention - Lawyer






September 23, 2022

By Lawson Ozoemela | The Biafra Times


ABUJA - Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Nnamdi Kanu has bemoaned the "flagrant disobedience" of court orders by Nigeria's secret police, the State Security Service (SSS), in denying his client proper medical service.

In a press statement, following a court-ordered periodic visitation, Thursday by a team of Kanu's lawyer; Ejiofor said the IPOB leader, who has been in the SSS facility for over 14 months, had not eaten anything for the past two days owing to the worsening state of his health.

The legal practitioner said rather than have Onyendu [Kanu] be given substandard drugs, SSS officials should "allow us have Onyendu back unconditionally, or better still, allow us to purchase the prescribed drugs for Onyendu pending his unconditional release from their custody".

The statements reads thus:

UPDATE ON OUR ROUTINE VISIT TO OUR INDEFATIGABLE CLIENT - ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES (DSS) ABUJA, TODAY, BEING THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022:

As usual, the Court-Ordered routine visit to  our indefatigable Client - Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was conducted today, at the DSS Headquarters Abuja, where Onyendu is still being held in solitary confinement for over 14 months. 

Today’s visit was centered on our curiosity to ascertain the DSS level of compliance with providing Onyendu the requisite medical treatment that would address his deteriorating health condition.

Sadly, we made startling discovery that despite the alarm raised on Monday, calling for the intervention of responsible foreign Governments and institutions, on the DSS flagrant disobedience of Orders of Court, particularly in denying Onyendu access to his personal medical doctor and medication, the lawless DSS immediately resorted to local chemist store to procure substandard drugs to be administered on Onyendu.

Since it is now obvious that the DSS does not have the facility, capacity and/or resources to manage Onyendu’s deteriorating health condition, we are compelled  to publicly implore the DSS, to allow us have Onyendu back unconditionally, or better still, allow us to purchase the prescribed drugs for Onyendu pending his unconditional release from their custody. 

May we also seize this medium to inform the World that Onyendu has not eaten anything in the past 48 hours due to the concomitant excruciating pains occasioned by his gastro intestine disorder, which the DSS have deliberately failed to avail him with the prescribed possible medical relief.

With this development, we are now convinced that the Federal Government of Nigeria is ostensibly afraid of the anticipated positive outcome of the Court of Appeal's judgement. Hence, they are doing everything possible to subject our Client - Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to severe torture, and inhuman/degrading treatment before he finally regains his freedom. But, be assured that this strategy is dead on arrival.

Nevertheless, we assure you, UmuChineke, that our defense team eminently led by the indefatigable Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, is not relenting in all actions we are taking to correct this anomaly and to put to a halt, this seemingly impunity and lawlessness being brazenly exhibited by the DSS.

Forward ever and backward never, UmuChineke.

Thank you all, Ezigbo UmuChineke and remain blessed, even as you continue to remain law abiding.

We appreciate you all.

We move!

Signed:
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq.
IPOB's Lead Counsel
22nd September, 2022.

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