On Monday 26th July 2021, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, told reporters at the Federal High Court in Abuja that the governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) are closely following the case of the Nigerian Biafra political activist.
According to Ejiofor, the foreign countries and Kanu’s legal advisers are in contact.
Ejiofor warned that Kanu, who is also a British national must not be harmed, saying: “If anything happens to Nnamdi Kanu today, the Department of State Services (DSS) and all the authorities concerned should be held responsible by the international community”…
“As I speak with you now, I don’t want to mention the international media organizations who are following up this case, who are in this country to cover the position of the court.”
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Kanu will remain in the custody of the DSS despite a request to transfer him to Kuje correctional centre. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court gave the order on Monday during the resumption of Kanu’s trial in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
In an application to the judge, Kanu had argued that he cannot get a fair trial if he remains in the custody of the DSS. He also sought an order to grant him access to his medical doctor for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive independent medical examination on him.
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In her verdict, Justice Nyako ordered that the DSS should allow access to Kanu, although it won’t be a free-for-all. With Kanu absent in court, the judge adjourned the trial to October 21. The DSS said the 54-year-old’s absence in court was due to logistics reasons.
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