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Modupe Shodeinde
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed concern over the absence of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, at the Abuja High Court today.
IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, alleged that Kanu may have been killed in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The group urged the DSS to grant Kanu’s lawyers and family members access to see him if he is still alive.
In a statement, Powerful lamented that DSS has refused Kanu access to his doctors, despite his deteriorating health.
According to Powerful: “We are no longer comfortable with this development. We have enough grounds to suspect foul play.
“With the failure of DSS to produce our leader in court today without any cogent reason and coupled with the torture meted out to him since his abduction in Kenya, we are worried about the safety of our Leader.
“The failure of DSS to produce our leader in court today confirms our fear over the uncertainty concerning his health.
“Considering his deteriorating health condition since he was kidnapped and the refusal of DSS to grant him access to his personal physicians, it is possible that our Leader may have been killed.”
Kanu has been under DSS protective custody since he was rearrested and detained, a few weeks ago.
However, the DSS on Monday failed to produce the detained IPOB leader before the Court for the continuation of his trial.
The government lawyer, M. B. Abubakar, blamed Kanu’s absence in court on what he termed as “logistical problems”.
