{"id":47823,"date":"2021-08-03T15:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer"},"modified":"2021-08-03T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:46:03","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu: British govt officials to meet IPOB leader in DSS custody \u2013 Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The British High Commission in Nigeria on Tuesday made efforts to see Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.<\/p>\n

Kanu\u2019s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed that officials of the Commission are trying to take advantage of the recent court order to see Kanu in DSS custody.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively with DAILY POST on Tuesday, Ejimakor said the Commission made the latest move after diplomatic channels failed.<\/p>\n

According to Ejimakor: \u201cThe British High Commission wants to see Nnamdi Kanu since the diplomatic channels were blocked. The court gave an omnibus order which is not restricted to lawyers only. It\u2019s open to relatives and friends; You can even go and see him if you stand behind me. I can take you there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe British High Commission had a conversation with me this morning, and they intend to see him through an escalation method and not through request or consular assistance or diplomatic privileges. They want to see him standing behind the order; they want to take advantage of the court order to see him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court order has opened doors beyond the province of lawyers only. I have no issues seeing him; I see Kanu every two days until about ten days ago when DSS faulted. This led to the application that brought about the court order. Before now, seeing Kanu was prescriptionary; that is, it\u2019s up to DSS, but now the court order has opened him up, so now, they want to stand behind the court order to gain access to Kanu.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recall that the British High Commission had expressed its readiness to provide consular assistance to Kanu.<\/p>\n

Kanu has been in DSS custody since his rearrest and repatriation from an undisclosed African country in June. This was due to a court order by Justice Binta Nyako-led High Court sitting in Abuja.<\/p>\n

However, last week, the secret police failed to produce the IPOB leader in court; making the judge adjourn the case till October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The British High Commission in Nigeria on Tuesday made efforts to see Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Kanu\u2019s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed that officials of the Commission are trying to take advantage of the recent court order to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,5020,119,199,254,625],"class_list":["post-47823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-british","tag-dss","tag-ipob","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu"],"yoast_head":"\nNnamdi Kanu: British govt officials to meet IPOB leader in DSS custody \u2013 Lawyer - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The British High Commission in Nigeria on Tuesday made efforts to see Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Bi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nnamdi Kanu: British govt officials to meet IPOB leader in DSS custody \u2013 Lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The British High Commission in Nigeria on Tuesday made efforts to see Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Bi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-03T14:32:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-03T14:46:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-610956870e7fc.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nnamdi Kanu: British govt officials to meet IPOB leader in DSS custody \u2013 Lawyer\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-03T14:32:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-03T14:46:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-610956870e7fc.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"British\",\"DSS\",\"IPOB\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-british-govt-officials-to-meet-ipob-leader-in-dss-custody-lawyer\",\"name\":\"Nnamdi Kanu: British govt officials to meet IPOB leader in DSS custody \u2013 Lawyer - 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