Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu the detained leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor has lamented the isolation of Kanu by the Department of State Services,DSS, saying, the action violates subsisting court order meant to show proof of life and addresses speculations of the wellbeing of his client.
Ejimakor in a statement on Monday queried the DSS motive, adding that the DSS could be hiding something they don’t want anyone to know about his client.
He further stated that Kanu’s legal team on a routine visits are not able to see him since the last court appearance on 24th September 2024 when he demanded the recusal of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako from his case.
He said “Today (14th October 2024), in violation of subsisting orders of court, the State Security Services (DSS or SSS) blocked the Legal Team of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from seeing him when we went to its headquarters in Abuja on a routine visitation to Mazi Kanu, pursuant to court-ordered visitation regimen.
“It will be recalled that the DSS has not allowed any visitors to see Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since his last court appearance on 24th September 2024 when Mazi Kanu had demanded the recusal of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako from his case.
“It is now becoming increasingly clear that this latest unconstitutionality emanating from the DSS has a direct nexus to Mazi Kanu’s successful recusal of Justice Nyako, even as the recusal was subsequently vacated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
He said it has become increasingly clear that the latest unconstitutionality emanating from the DSS had a direct nexus to Kanu’s successful recusal of Justice Nyako, seeing that the recusal was subsequently vacated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
“We wish to go on the record to recall that, in the recent past when the DSS had also violated terms of the court-ordered visitations, we levied applications before the Federal High Court to enforce its compliance but the applications have, to this day, not been scheduled for hearing. This anomaly leaves the uncanny impression that the DSS is above the law or even above the Constitution and the Courts.
“The DSS should know that one of the reasons for the court-ordered visitations is for Mazi Kanu’s relatives and lawyers to occasionally interact with him and have proof of his life and wellbeing. Thus, now that the DSS has totally blocked all access to Mazi Kanu, one might ask: What is the DSS hiding? Is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu hale and hearty?“
