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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, may be going deaf as a result of impaired ear drum while in detention, and as such needs urgent advanced surgery, one of his counsels, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has revealed.
Besides the debilitating ear drum condition, Ejiofor said Nnamdi Kanu needs urgent advanced medical attention to address his general state of health which is plummeting on a daily basis.
Ejiofor, who visited Kanu on Monday at the DSS headquarters where he is still being held in solitary confinement, expressed concerns over the lack of befitting medical facilities at DSS headquarters to treat Kanu’s ailments, particularly the severe pains in his left ear drum that has become greatly impaired following severe torture and beating he received in Kenya before his extra-ordinary rendition to Nigeria in June, 2021.
Ejiofor noted: “Kanu also recounted that a previous scan at the instance of the DSS revealed that he must undergo an advanced surgical procedure to repair his left ear drum that has become greatly impaired by the severe torture and beating he received from agents of the Federal Government when he was forcibly kidnapped in Kenya and savagely rendition back to Nigeria in June, 2021.
“He narrated how the DSS doctor had emphatically told him that if after 45 days from November 18, 2022 when he was examined, his case had not improved, then he must undergo immediate surgery to save whatever remains of his left ear.”
Ejiofor disclosed that Kanu had lamented that several reminders and pleas to the DSS to implement their medical doctor’s recommendations have fallen on deaf ears.
“Being held in solitary confinement, the DSS has also bluntly refused him access to his private doctor for independent medical assessment as ordered by the court,” he further alleged.
Ejiofor said the suit earlier filed to compel the DSS to allow Kanu access to his medical doctors and medical records would come up this week at the Federal High Court, Abuja, noting that detention is primarily meant to safely hold a suspect till final adjudication of his matter, not to kill him./SHARE THIS
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