A lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria , has told
the Supreme Court that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, might die in the detention of the Department
of State Services (DSS).
Ozekhome, who is Kanu’s senior counsel, expressed the fear over his
client’s state of health on Thursday during the hearing of the IPOB leader’s
case, where he told the apex court that Kanu was currently very sick in
DSS custody and required an immediate surgical operation.
Ozekhome asked the apex court to rule in favour of the transfer of Kanu
from DSS custody to Kuje Correctional Centre to enable him to begin his
treatment.
However, responding to Ozekhome’s prayer, the Supreme Court told the
lawyer that God would keep Kanu alive and that he would not die in
detention, stating that even if it proceeded to hear the appeal, there was no
space within its calendar to write and deliver the verdict within the 90-day
deadline.