DSS DENIES KEEPING KANU IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT – SEE MORE

In another development, the Department of State Services has denied claims that it kept the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in solitary confinement, even as his trial continues. Kanu has been in the DSS custody since 2021, and now faces trial in a seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge. While being cross-examined at the resumed hearing on Wednesday by Kanu’s legal team, led by a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Agabi, a DSS operative identified as PW- BBB for security reason, denied that the agency practices solitary confinement. Agabi, a senior Advocate of Nigeria, had expressed concerns over Kanu’s prolonged solitary confinement. He further queried the legality of Kanu’s continued detention, which he said constituted “cruel and inhuman treatment.” Responding, the witness, while refuting the claim, said he was merely an investigator and not Kanu’s “handler,” and that Kanu’s psychological state was not part of his investigative duty.

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