Release Nnamdi Kanu’s Eyeglasses, Justice Nyako Tells DSS

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the reading glasses of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The directive is coming after Mike Ozekhome, the counsel to the IPOB leader had told the court on Wednesday that his client is going blind if nothing is done to restore his sight.

The human rights lawyer accused the DSS of confiscating the pro-Biafra activist eyeglasses in 2015 when he was initially arrested by the agency’s operatives.

Ozekhome also complained that the DSS has failed to allow his client to change his clothes despite an earlier order by the court.

Lawyer to the prosecution, Shuaib Labaran said the clothes brought by Kanu’s family had a lion heart drawn on them, adding that such designs offend their operating procedures of the DSS.

Justice Nyako later asked Kanu to indicate the type of cloth he prefers to wear. The IPOB leader replied that he wants to wear the clothes of my people.

In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Nyako ordered the security agency to immediately return the eyeglasses to the IPOB leader for him not to go blind as stated by his counsel.

But the presiding judge also rejected his instance of being allowed to wear Igbo traditional attire known as “isi agu.”