DSS killed the people who visits my client - Kanu's lawyer claims
A lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB)
Nnamdi Kanu has accused the Department of State Security
(DSS) and other security operatives of killing members of the
group.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
At the commencement of the trial against Kanu and three others,
Ifeanyi Ejiofor informed the court that on several occasions
members of IPOB and relatives of the defendants have been
harassed and arrested by security officials.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
Ejiofor said at various times, visitors of the defendants have been
harassed and arrested by security operatives in Kuje prison.
He also said he suspects that those arrested have been killed by
the security operatives.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
Also, concurring to Ejiofor, counsel to the third defendant,
Barrister Maxwell Opara said the security operatives have
harrased him personally as a lawyer.
"Many times, the DSS will ask you for your name, your thumb
print, they even asked for my village address, a lawyer, my lord,"
Opara said.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
"My lord, this is just a criminal trial, all this unnecessary tension is
uncalled for.
"You go to the prison to see your client by 9am and you will not
see him until 12 noon," Opara said.
However, in her reaction Nyako said: "From day one I told you
this is not a drama point, I don't want drama."
"If you have a personal problem with security operatives and
bring it formally and I will make a legal pronouncement on it.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
"If they have been misbehaving in the prison when you go to see
your client, you let me know formally and I'll will contact them
legally.
"But you have nothing formally on these allegations, I cannot do it
for you because if I do, I have taking a position on the matter,"
Nyako said.
Nnamdi Kanu has accused the Department of State Security
(DSS) and other security operatives of killing members of the
group.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
At the commencement of the trial against Kanu and three others,
Ifeanyi Ejiofor informed the court that on several occasions
members of IPOB and relatives of the defendants have been
harassed and arrested by security officials.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
Ejiofor said at various times, visitors of the defendants have been
harassed and arrested by security operatives in Kuje prison.
He also said he suspects that those arrested have been killed by
the security operatives.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
Also, concurring to Ejiofor, counsel to the third defendant,
Barrister Maxwell Opara said the security operatives have
harrased him personally as a lawyer.
"Many times, the DSS will ask you for your name, your thumb
print, they even asked for my village address, a lawyer, my lord,"
Opara said.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
"My lord, this is just a criminal trial, all this unnecessary tension is
uncalled for.
"You go to the prison to see your client by 9am and you will not
see him until 12 noon," Opara said.
However, in her reaction Nyako said: "From day one I told you
this is not a drama point, I don't want drama."
"If you have a personal problem with security operatives and
bring it formally and I will make a legal pronouncement on it.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer levels SERIOUS allegation against DSS,
other security agencies
"If they have been misbehaving in the prison when you go to see
your client, you let me know formally and I'll will contact them
legally.
"But you have nothing formally on these allegations, I cannot do it
for you because if I do, I have taking a position on the matter,"
Nyako said.
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