Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has decried that the Department of State Services (DSS) has denied them access to the defendant for the past eight days.
As a result, he urged Justice Binta Nyako to grant the request of his client seeking to be transferred from the DSS custody to the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.
Ejiofor also asked the judge to grant the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader access to his medical doctor for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive independent medical examination on him.
According to him, the defendant cannot get a fair trial if he remains in the custody of the DSS.
“As far as we are concerned, Nigeria’s image in the international community has been damaged,” Ejiofor told pressmen.
“You don’t go to a foreign land and kidnap somebody.
“If the person has committed an offence, you subject him to extradition proceedings, instead of smuggling him through extraordinary rendition.”
He continued:
“I complained about the way and manner we see him (Nnamdi Kanu).
“For the past eight days, we have not seen him.
“And only yesterday (Sunday), we heard he has been taken away from Abuja.
“We complained to the court. We cannot confirm his present state of health. So, the court has to intervene and give a directive to the detention authority, i.e the DSS that we should have access to him on specified date. That has been agreed, and we are going to see him any moment from now.”
