Protest Rocks Abia Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Continued Detention

Some women who are supporters of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, took to the streets in Abia State to protest his continued detention.

Naija News reports that the pro-Biafra agitator has been in the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS) for the continued trial of treasonable felony and terrorism charges preferred against him.

Despite the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja having discharged Kanu in October and a Federal High Court in Umuahia ordering his return Kanu to Kenya, the Federal Government has yet to obey any of the court orders.

However, the IPOB leader has accused the DSS of denying him his drugs and medical attention in the past nine days and failing to give him food on Thursday.

Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, had in a tweet on Thursday, said his client made the allegation during his routine visit to the IPOB leader in the DSS custody in Abuja.

Ejimakor stressed that the IPOB leader did not have any meal on Thursday as the operatives of the secret agency said that there was no money to buy food for him.

Following the development, the women took to the streets on Friday to protest the government’s refusal to comply with a court order to release Kanu.

One of the banners the protesting women held read, “Buhari’s regime must obey court orders.”

Nnamdi Kanu’s Family To Release N1m To DSS For His Feeding And Drugs

The younger brother of the IPOB leader has confirmed that the Kanu family would release a cheque of one million naira for his drugs and feeding.

Naija News reports that Prince Emma Kanu said the development followed the inability of the federal government to continue taking care of his elder brother, the IPOB leader.

According to him, the DSS told him yesterday that there was no money for his regular meals and drugs for his elder brother, therefore the family would donate the money to the DSS for his feeding.