Kanu may die in custody—Counsel alerts Red Cross

Special counsel to IPOB Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the agitator may lose his life in detention.

Aloy Ejimakor said Kanu’s heart is failing him, and he is having severe breathing problem.

According to the lawyer, Kanu has not received adequate medical attention in custody of the DSS custody.

He was appealing to the International Red Cross Society to facilitate immediate and independent medical examination of Kanu.

In a letter appealing to the organisation, Ejimakor urged the Red Cross to conduct an independent medical examination as soon as possible.

“Our client informs us that his blood has been drawn more than 20 times without explanation, and that he continues to feel apprehension and dread that he is in custody of those that partook in his extra-ordinary rendition.

“His health, particularly his heart, is failing him and he was having severe breathing issues; that his fingernails are cracking and he feels dizzy.

“He told us that he was not receiving the necessary medical care even when the government of Nigeria is aware from his in-jail medical examination that his heart has enlarged by 13%.

“He said serious medical problems require the urgent and constant attention of specialist doctors [which are not being given to him in the detention facility]. In this circumstance, he is daily facing the grim and imminent risk of losing his life in detention.”