The Special Counsel for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Barr Aloy Ejimakor, has frowned at the Department of State Services, DSS, for denying Kanu’s legal team access to him......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has been detained at the headquarters of DSS in Abuja since 2021 when he was renditioned from Kenya to Nigeria by Nigerian security forces in collaboration with their Kenyan counterparts. Kanu is charged with terrorism.
Ejimakor disclosed this on Wednesday via his verified X. He stated that, “Today, the DSS arbitrarily refused us (the legal team), an ex-member of Abia State House of Assembly and the family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from having a visitation with him. This flagrant violation of the Nigerian Constitution and a subsisting court order will not stand.”
A Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Binta Nyako, had on May 10, 2024 ordered the DSS to always grant Kanu access to his legal team. The composition of the legal team, according to the court, should not exceed five persons on every visiting day. Justice Nyako further directed that Kanu be given “a clean place” to consult with his legal team at the DSS facility.