Why DSS Refused N1m Offered For Nnamdi Kanu’s Feeding, Medication

The legal representatives of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has continued to lament the alleged refusal of the Department of State Service (DSS) to provide Kanu with his medication.

A statement released on Monday by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to IPOB, quoted Nnamdi Kanu as saying that the DSS refused to give him medication for heart and chest burn, adding that the delay poses extreme danger to his health.

Ejiofor also stated that the DSS refused to accept one million naira offered by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the head of Kanu’s legal team for his feeding and medication.

According to Ejiofor, the DSS refused to accept the money, saying that the secret police has resources to cater for Kanu who is under their custody.

Recall that Barrister Aloy Ejimakor had earlier said that the DSS claimed that they have no money to feed Kanu. READ HERE

The statement read in part;

Again, Onyendu lamented that for the past nine (9) days, the detaining authority (DSS) has refused to avail him of his prescribed medication for heart/chest burn, which delay is extremely harmful to his health. Since all channel of complaints to the detaining authority (DSS) has been closed, we have no other option than to always go public to ventilate our grievances with their unlawful activities with respect to their management of Onyendu, and to consequently demand that Onyendu’s full medication, prescribed for the management of his deteriorating health condition be administered immediately and without further ado.

Though, our erudite lead counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, immediately swung into action to press for the needful to be done without further ado, it is important to point out that only few weeks ago, a cash sum of N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira only) was made available to the DSS by our Lead Counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to specifically be applied for the medical needs, and routine meals of Onyendu.

Unfortunately, the detaining authority (DSS) refused to accept the money, insisting that they have all it takes to cater to Onyendu‘s medical needs and routine meals.

It therefore begs the following questions, to wit: why can’t the DSS take up this statutory obligation of providing for Onyendu’s medical needs? Why can’t they provide him with these all important medications, critical to his health? Why are they still detaining Onyendu while mischievously refusing to cater to his medical needs?

What is the justification in detaining Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is merely agitating for the self determination of the biafran people, and who had been discharged and his further detention prohibited by the Court of Appeal, meanwhile, the Federal Government of Nigeria is releasing terrorists into the society?

We are therefore, calling on the Foreign Governments and Agencies, to strongly note the deteriorating state of Onyendu’s medical condition, and to prevail on the Nigerian Government to simply obey the Order/Judgment of the Court of Appeal that directed for the unconditional and immediate release of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, which judgment further prohibited the DSS from further detaining Onyendu.