The Department of State Services (DSS) has finally permitted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to meet with his lawyer.
This was disclosed by Nnamdi Kanu’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on his Twitter handle on Friday.
“Update, Thankfully, our effort is yielding the desired result, We have just received a communication approving our visit to our client- Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Shall keep the world posted on the outcome, immediately after the meeting, later in the day. God is with us,” Ejiofor tweeted.
Kanu was arrested and extradicted to Nigeria earlier this week after leaving the country in 2007. His brother claimed he was arrested in Kenya.
IPOB members had demanded that the Federal Government allow Kanu to see his lawyers and doctors.
The group also stated that their leader’s health has worsened since he has been in DSS custody, adding that he deserves access to his family members as well.
The pro-Biafra secessionist group revealed this in a statement titled, ‘Our Leader Must Be Allowed Access To His Lawyers, Doctors And Family – IPOB.’
In the statement through the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Friday, IPOB warned that no harm must befall Kanu.
“Following the refusal of the Nigeria Government and her wicked security agency, the Department of State Services, DSS, to allow our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers and family access to him in the dungeon of DSS secret cell, it is now confirmed that their real intention in kidnapping him and bundling him back to Nigeria is to kill him.”
