Nnamdi Kanu, the arrested leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is apparently receiving decent treatment in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
According to news accounts, the pro-Biafra agitator was denied access to his doctors, was not well nourished, and was treated harshly, causing his health to deteriorate.
However, a source informed Newsmen that the reports were untrue and intended to harm the service’s image.
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According to the source, the DSS always follows normal operating protocols when doing its tasks.
The DSS source said: “He has his own health condition, like everyone else who is either managing one thing or the other. As we speak, he is hale and hearty.
“He is even given the food of his choice at his request. Whatever he wants, whether pounded yam and various kinds of soup, rice, yam, vegetable soup, pepper soup, afang soup, and others. Whatever he asks for is provided for him and he is well taken care of.”
He believes that rumors concerning Nnamdi Kanu’s health and treatment may be a ruse to get him released from detention.
“He seems to be fed up with being in detention. But the stories flying are just a ploy to see that he is released from the custody of the service,” the source said.
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The source added that, “He asked his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, to write a petition to the Human Rights Council to draw attention to his alleged plight to which his lawyer agreed.
“He also directed his lawyer to write a petition to the National Judicial Council (NJC) against the Appeal Court justices that gave a stay of execution on his earlier discharge, but Ozekhome argued otherwise and declined to carry out the instruction. The lawyer said it would be an affront and against his long years of relations in the court.
“He also asked his lawyer to expedite action for him to be transferred to a custodial centre, instead of the DSS custody.”
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