DSS blocks Kanu from legal team following Judge’s withdrawal — Counsel

Barr Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on Friday, expressed frustration following the refusal of the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow Kanu’s legal team to visit him at the DSS cell.

Ejimakor said in a statement via his X handle that, “Today, in violation of subsisting court orders and the constitution, the DSS blocked the legal team of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from meeting with him at the detention facility.

“It appears that the DSS has cancelled all future visitations to Kanu as a retaliation against Kanu for chasing away Justice Binta Nyako from the case and causing her embarrassment.

“What this means is that the DSS, acting on behalf of the federal government of Nigeria, has unlawfully isolated Kanu from his lawyers, thus making his solitary confinement absolute. I don’t know when next, if ever, it may be possible to see Kanu again”, Ejimakor stated.

The IPOB leader who, is being detained at the custody of the DSS in Abuja is standing trial before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over terrorism-related charges.

Kanu had told the trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako on Tuesday that he had lost confidence in her court and demanded her to hands off his case.

Justice Nyako granted his request, excused herself from the case and remitted the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for reassignment to another Judge to handle.

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