Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu's wife concerned after DSS allegedly 'invaded' Biafran leader's cell

The wife of detained pro-Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu has told IBTimes UK she is very concerned after reports alleged that Nigeria's secret police invaded her husband's prison cell. Websites and social media accounts affiliated with the movement described how members of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded Kanu's cell in Kuje prison, in the capital Abuja, on 12 April.

Reports claimed the DSS "knocked out and forced unconscious" Kanu, who was unaware of what happened to him. The Biafra Herald, reporting on the allegations, sparked rumours Kanu might have been poisoned. Following the claims, Kanu's wife, Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, told IBTimes UK: "My husband's defence counsel confirmed it to me. And to be honest, I am highly concerned about the increasing desperation of [President Muhammadu Buhari] and his henchmen."

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers representing Kanu, told IBTimes UK: "As of now, this is the situation: Two days ago some personnel invaded the cell he [Kanu] is staying in. We are concerned. I am meeting my client to understand what happened."

The DSS was not immediately available for a comment on the allegations.

Kanu, director of Radio Biafra and head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), was arrested in Lagos in October 2015 on conspiracy and terrorism charges, which were later dropped. He is now standing trial on six counts of treasonable felony charges.

During a December 2015 presidential media chat, Buhari said Kanu would not be released amid fears he could jump bail and flee to the UK, as he holds both a British and a Nigerian passport.

Pro-Biafrans demand the independence of Biafran territories forcibly annexed to Nigeria during British colonisation, which ended in 1960. A Biafran Republic was established in 1967 and re-annexed to Nigeria in 1970, following a civil war that claimed between one and three million lives.

The Nigerian government has always maintained that Nigeria's unity is a priority for the country and that although peaceful pro-Biafran protests are welcome, demanding the breakaway of the Biafran territories is against the constitution.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigeria-nnamdi-kanus-wife-concerned-after-dss-allegedly-invaded-biafran-leaders-cell-1554813

coolitempa:
Nnamdi Kanu...the forgotten deluded iPod loser.... ...enjoy your kuje beans inside and stop disturbing our peace....good riddance to bad Rubbish...

coolitempa:
Nnamdi Kanu...the forgotten deluded iPod loser.... ...enjoy your kuje beans inside and stop disturbing our peace....good riddance to bad Rubbish...

tankara1010:
How can DSS break in into a prison cell of a prisoner? What is this country turning into? Mennnnnnn

SW people are already rejoicing out of hate...two above me and the two below!

coolitempa:
Nnamdi Kanu...the forgotten deluded iPod loser.... ...enjoy your kuje beans inside and stop disturbing our peace....good riddance to bad Rubbish...

gidgiddy:


Forget the SW people, they will support any injustice as long as that injustice does not affect them. Funnily enough, they are the ones shouting for the unity of Nigeria more than anyone else. The DSS are getting desperate, they have been ordered by the dullard of Daura to nail Kanu by hook or crook. How can a security agency invade someones cell? Someone who is already facing trial? Wonders shall never end!

formunt:
Kanu is willing to lay a new foundation for a new Nigeria generation . Nigeria is not well . Nigeria is sick . Many are still blind to see. We should have done this long ago
I hope is freed to campaign freely and peacefully.

If Buhari is romancing with China there is little the other countrie can do. China is human right dead.

uduak2016:


Well said. I have never understood this unbridled hatred SW people have for the Igbos...absolute sheer lunacy! They pretend to like SE and SS, call for a one southern front when a project favors them example Calabar-Lagos Rail. However, they will come here call for the death of a fellow innocent socalled southerner yet say nothing about Fulani murderers? Hypocrisy of this people has no forgiveness in heaven!

coolitempa:
Nnamdi Kanu...the forgotten deluded iPod loser.... ...enjoy your kuje beans inside and stop disturbing our peace....good riddance to bad Rubbish...

ChristineC:
so instead of inmates breaking out of cell, its security personnel breaking into cells. everything in Nigeria is opposite to norms

The DSS was not immediately available for a comment on the allegations.

gidgiddy:


Forget the SW people, they will support any injustice as long as that injustice does not affect them. Funnily enough, they are the ones shouting for the unity of Nigeria more than anyone else. The DSS are getting desperate, they have been ordered by the dullard of Daura to nail Kanu by hook or crook. How can a security agency invade someones cell? Someone who is already facing trial? Wonders shall never end!

uduak2016:


Well said. I have never understood this unbridled hatred SW people have for the Igbos...absolute sheer lunacy! They pretend to like SE and SS, call for a one southern front when a project favors them example Calabar-Lagos Rail. However, they will come here call for the death of a fellow innocent socalled southerner yet say nothing about Fulani murderers? Hypocrisy of this people has no forgiveness in heaven!

Bruteforce101:
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Shut up and stop spewing nonsense. You little kids just sum up a whole tribe without even using your brain. Is FFK from Enugu? What about Fayose and co that have been speaking out on your behalf even when you elders cant say anything, you believe anything you read online whether true or false, no wonder boko haram brainwash people easily. Smh

tyson99:

Don't mind the stupid flattie!