{"id":92054,"date":"2022-02-21T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92054"},"modified":"2022-02-21T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:03:34","slug":"just-in-dss-bars-lawyers-from-visiting-nnamdi-kanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/just-in-dss-bars-lawyers-from-visiting-nnamdi-kanu\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: DSS bars lawyers from visiting Nnamdi Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Operatives of the Department of State Services on Monday, barred lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from meeting him in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel for the embattled IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, made this known in a chat with newsmen on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the secret police also prevented the lawyers from meeting Kanu last Thursday, an act Ejimakor said was in contravention of the order of Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja that Kanu have access to his lawyers twice a week \u2013 Mondays and Thursdays.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said, \u201cLast Thursday, we were not allowed visitation with Onyendu because, according to DSS, the \u201cspecial squad\u201d in charge of visitations went on \u201coutside assignment\u201d. They asked us to come on Monday (today).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we\u2018re at DSS. They\u2019re telling us the same thing. We disagree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanu, 54, was born on September 25, 1967, at Afaraukwu, Abia State.<\/p>\n<p>The secessionist leader is a holder of Nigerian and British passports. He had earlier jumped bail in June 2018 before leaving for the United Kingdom though he said that he fled because his life was no longer safe in Nigeria.<\/p><\/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>Operatives of the Department of State Services on Monday, barred lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from meeting him in custody. 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