The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over the
life and deteriorating health condition of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in
Kuje prison, Abuja.
The group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said:
“We got information from Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor
concerning the state of the health of our leader. He elaborated on the
severe ill health of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, noting that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is
having severe abdominal pains and occasional tightening of the chest
because of persistent coughing. There is no medicine at the prison’s
medical facility and the health workers there are not qualified to
diagnose the ailment due to poor facilities.”
In a statement from
IPOB signed by Emma Powerful, the group inferred that the Department of
State Services (DSS) is behind the life-threatening health condition of
Kanu.
“This condition started while in DSS custody when he lost a
lot of blood through the nose as a result of the physical and mental
torture he underwent. DSS has it on record about the bleeding which
prompted them to send in an external doctor to examine him while in
their custody.
“Nnamdi Kanu nearly had a stroke because of the
ordeal and as the doctor told him, had the blood not drained from his
nose he would have had a blood clot in the brain resulting in paralysis.
DSS are aware of all these. Any journalist can contact them to confirm
it,” the statement read in part.
The group averred that the DSS is
deliberately covering up the true state of Kanu’s health condition from
Nigerians while doing nothing significant to treat his ailment.
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