DSS still denies Nnamdi Kanu access to visitors, legal team – Ejimakor

Aloy Ejimakor, the pb counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, connected Monday accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of denying the agitator entree to his lawyers.

Ejimakor wondered if Kanu was hale and hearty with this latest enactment by DSS.

On September 24, 2024, Kanu caused an uproar astatine the Abuja Federal High Court erstwhile helium demanded that Justice Binta Nyako should measurement down from his case.

Kanu had cited a deficiency of assurance arsenic his crushed for demanding that Justice Nyako recuse herself from his trial.

Following his demand, the justice announced her recusal portion ordering that Kanu’s lawsuit record beryllium forwarded to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho.

But, Tsoho had rejected Justice Nyako’s recusal, ordering her to proceed with the trial.

However, attempts by Kanu’s ineligible squad to spot him astatine the DSS installation were blocked.

In a connection helium issued, Ejimakor said: “Today (October 14, 2024), successful usurpation of subsisting orders of court, the State Security Services (DSS oregon SSS) blocked the ineligible squad of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from seeing him erstwhile we went to its office successful Abuja connected a regular visitation to Mazi Kanu, pursuant to court-ordered visitation regimen.

“It volition beryllium recalled that the DSS has not allowed immoderate visitors to spot Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since his past tribunal quality connected 24th September 2024 erstwhile Mazi Kanu had demanded the recusal of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako from his case.

“It is present becoming progressively wide that this latest unconstitutionality emanating from the DSS has a nonstop nexus to Mazi Kanu’s palmy recusal of Justice Nyako, adjacent arsenic the recusal was subsequently vacated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

“We privation to spell connected the grounds to callback that, successful the caller past, erstwhile the DSS had besides violated presumption of the court-ordered visitations, we levied applications earlier 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 content that the DSS is supra the instrumentality oregon adjacent supra the Constitution and the courts.

“The DSS should cognize that 1 of the reasons for the court-ordered visitations is for Mazi Kanu’s relatives and lawyers to occasionally interact with him and person impervious of his beingness and wellbeing. Thus, present that the DSS has wholly blocked each entree to Mazi Kanu, 1 mightiness ask: What is the DSS hiding? Is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu hale and hearty?”