{"id":132965,"date":"2024-10-03T09:36:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T08:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/dss-custody-not-safe-place-for-nnamdi-kanu-ejimakor"},"modified":"2024-10-03T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T09:41:23","slug":"dss-custody-not-safe-place-for-nnamdi-kanu-ejimakor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-custody-not-safe-place-for-nnamdi-kanu-ejimakor","title":{"rendered":"DSS custody not safe place for Nnamdi Kanu \u2013 Ejimakor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lead Counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has said the Department of State Services, DSS, is not a safe place for the agitator.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said DSS lacked the facilities to take care of sick detainees, adding that the attitude of its operatives was enough to cause mental and physical illness.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke while raising concerns over Kanu\u2019s state of health as his trial lingers.<\/p>\n<p>The IPOB leader is currently detained at the Abuja facility of the DSS.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said: \u201cKanu\u2019s health and well-being are a constant factor, and his poor health, if not well handled, can be fatal. The DSS detention facility is far from being a safe place of custody for Kanu, mentally and physically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it is not meant to be even for anybody, not just Kanu, because it lacks the facilities to care for sick detainees and its institutional attitude towards detainees is hostile enough to stoke ill-health, mentally and physically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the good reasons that grounded our application to transfer Kanu to prison but that too was denied without cogent reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The lead Counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has said the Department of State Services, DSS, is not a safe place for the agitator. 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