Prince Mandela Umegborogu, one of many legal professionals of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has bitterly complained over the alleged relocation of a tuberculosis inmate close to Kanu’s cell on the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS.
Kanu’s lawyer who spoke with Vanguard after a routine go to to the IPOB Leader on Monday expressed deep fear over the grave well being implications of getting a tuberculosis affected person in a single’s setting.
He mentioned that Kanu was extremely enraged in regards to the unhappy growth which he alleged may very well be a deliberate try and infect him with an infectious illness.
”I met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at this time (Monday) on the DSS headquarters in Abuja, and he was complaining to me that they introduced any person affected by tuberculosis near his cell block.
”The affected person, Emeribe Uduma was arrested in Ohafia on September 15, 2022 , and handed over to the DSS which introduced him to Abuja.
“Onyendu (Kanu) complained to me that that boy was affected by tuberculosis and that he was moved close to his cell block in order that he would infect him and others with tuberculosis.
”You know that tuberculosis may be very infectious. Do they need to infect him so he’ll die in detention?
”Onyendu additionally informed me that he (Kanu) was yesterday (Sunday) bleeding from his nostril. He requires severe consideration by his private doctor.”
The lawyer additional mentioned that when DSS officers got here to fetch Kanu after their assembly, he raised the identical grievance earlier than them however they denied having any tuberculosis inmates across the facility.
”When we completed discussing and a few DSS personnel got here to take him again to his cell he raised the matter earlier than them.
”He informed them that it’s immoral and inhuman to do sure issues even when it’s an order from above. He informed them to have a way of their very own and refuse to obey directions which are inhuman and unlawful.
”I additionally confronted them and informed them it was flawed to carry a tuberculosis affected person near individuals particularly these in confinement the place you don’t have air flow. But they mentioned they’d examined all people and no one had tuberculosis however Onyendu informed them it’s a lie.”
Reacting to the event, Kanu’s household has known as on the worldwide group to prevail on the Nigerian authorities to not permit Kanu to die in detention.
The household which spoke by Prince Emmanuel Kanu, expressed fear over the event and renewed the decision for his launch in compliance with varied court docket orders.
”They ought to keep in mind that Kanu is an harmless man who has been let loose by the Court. Any plan to carry him down by infectious illness must be dropped. The worldwide group ought to prevail on Nigeria to make sure nothing occurs to him.”
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