Family, Lawyer Raise Alarm Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Safety

The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have raised fresh concerns over his safety. 

Today, we are at DSS.  I have been denied access to see Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (IPOB Leader) on two separate occasions at the Department of State Security Services Abuja." It remains the order of the court that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (IPOB leader) must be seen twice weekly, Mondays and Thursdays.

Kanu's younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, told Vanguard that he was at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja, where the IPOB leader is being held, but that he was not allowed to meet him.

Prince, who claimed he was at the DSS headquarters on Thursday last week as directed by the Court to visit his brother but was denied access, voiced concern about the basis for DSS's decision.

"It goes to show that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s life is in grave danger. It remains the order of the court that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (IPOB leader) must be seen twice weekly, Mondays and Thursdays.

"Why can’t I see him? Has he been killed or poisoned? There must be proof of life. We demand proof of life", he later posted on his Facebook page.

Similarly, Kanu's Special Counsel, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, turned to Twitter to seek an explanation for the DSS's move, which he described as strange.

"We were not allowed to see Onyendu last Thursday because the "special squad" in charge of visits went on "outside assignment," according to DSS.

"They requested that we come on Monday" (today). We've arrived at DSS today. They're all saying the same thing. "We don't agree!"