{"id":83063,"date":"2021-07-02T22:44:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83063"},"modified":"2021-07-03T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:33:00","slug":"weve-received-approval-to-visit-nnamdi-kanu-in-detention-bar-ejiofor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/weve-received-approval-to-visit-nnamdi-kanu-in-detention-bar-ejiofor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve received approval to visit Nnamdi Kanu in detention \u2014Bar. Ejiofor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has announced that the Department of State Security (DSS) has approved his request to visit him in detention.<\/p>\n<p>Barrister Ejiofor disclosed this in a brief statement made available to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, who promised to keep the world updated on the outcome of the meeting, wrote:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cUpdate: Thankfully Our effort is yielding the desired result. We have just received a communication approving our visit to our client, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShall keep the World posted on the outcome, immediately after the meeting, later in the Day. God is with Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bar. Ejiofor had lamented on Thursday that his effort to visit Kanu in detention was met with resistance.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cOnly yesterday, and in line with the protocols of the State Security Services, we applied for an audience with our Client\u2014Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and very suprisingly, the SSS is yet to approve Our request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is despite the fact that he was abducted in a foreign land and consequently marshalled before the Federal High Court No 2 Abuja, in a suspicious circumstance, and without my knowledge as the substantive counsel in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis drama took place in Nigeria Court in gross violation of his constitutional rights to fair hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf at the close of work today, nothing is heard from Department of State Security Sevices, we will be returning back to Court for the needful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDSS custody shouldn\u2019t be the appropriate custody to keep our client, because they are hostile not only to we lawyers but his relatives too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stand today, we can not verify the health status of our client, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has hitherto been on a daily medication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt is most plausible, that following restriction placed on visiting him, he may have been subjected to all forms of inhuman treatments ranging from torture, rough-handling and threats, all targeted at extracting confessional statement from him.\u201cThe World is hereby placed on notice that if anything happens to our client\u2014Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is presumably being subjected to these inhuman treatments, the Nigeria Government will be held responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur client is inherently and constitutionally presumed innocent of all allegations against him, particularly now the Government has submitted to judicial process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still apply for calm from all corners as we expedite legal action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has announced that the Department of State Security (DSS) has approved his request&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We\u2019ve received approval to visit Nnamdi Kanu in detention \u2014Bar. 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