By Adadareporters
Barr Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Thursday, clarified that his client has not been released from the custody of the Department of State Services.
Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, is being detained at the custody of DSS in Abuja since 2021 when he was renditioned from Kenya to Nigeria. He is accused of terrorism.
Ejimakor made the clarification via his X. He wrote, “The general public is hereby advised to disregard the viral rumor that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been released. It’s pure #FakeNews. The day #MNK (the #BigElephant & leader of millions) is freed, the earth itself will announce it and it won’t require any confirmation.”
Recall that Ejimakor, early this week, accused the DSS of blocking Kanu from seeing his visitors, which he said was against the court verdict in favour of Kanu.
According to him, “In violation of subsisting orders of court, the State Security Services (DSS or SSS) blocked the legal team of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from seeing him when we went to its headquarters in Abuja on a routine visitation to Mazi Kanu, pursuant to court-ordered visitation regimen.”
He had claimed that the DSS has not allowed any visitors to see Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since his last court appearance on 24th September 2024 when Mazi Kanu had demanded the recusal of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako from his case.
He stated that, “It is now becoming increasingly clear that this latest unconstitutionality emanating from the DSS has a direct nexus to Mazi Kanu’s successful recusal of Justice Nyako, even as the recusal was subsequently vacated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
“We wish to go on the record to recall that in the recent past when the DSS had also violated terms of the court-ordered visitations, we levied applications before 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 impression that the DSS is above the law or even above the Constitution and the courts”
He told the DSS to “know that one of the reasons for the court-ordered visitations is for Mazi Kanu’s relatives and lawyers to occasionally interact with him and have proof of his life and wellbeing”.
He demanded to know what the DSS is hiding by totally “totally blocking all access to Mazi Kanu”.
