According to Ejimakor, Kanu is currently experiencing shortness of breath, low blood pressure, and general malaise.
Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has expressed concern over Kanu's deteriorating health.
According to Ejimakor, Kanu is currently experiencing shortness of breath, low blood pressure, and general malaise.
Ejimakor stated that Kanu requested medical attention from his personal physician, and subsequently, his legal team submitted a formal request to the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant access to Kanu's doctor. However, when the doctor arrived at the DSS headquarters on Tuesday, he was denied access to Kanu.
Ejimakor said, “Yesterday, during our visitation with Nnamdi Kanu, we found him ill, with shortness of breath, low BP & general malaise.
“For this reason, he requested to see his Doctor & we submitted a letter in this regard. Today, the Doctor arrived at the DSS but was denied access to Nnamdi Kanu.”
In a message sent to SaharaReporters, Ejimakor said, "As a background, the DSS is well aware that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is susceptible to potassium deficiency which affects the function of the heart.
“This problem was diagnosed by DSS doctors some three years ago and they confessed to their lack of the expertise to treat the problem, which in all probability is the cause of Nnamdi Kanu’s current illness.
"This is no doubt very serious and deadly to boot. The readings of the electronic heart monitor supplied by the DSS have been recording low pressure levels for nearly nine days in a row without any medical intervention to ascertain whether the blood potassium level is within the clinically acceptable range."
Kanu is facing trial on terrorism charges levelled against by then-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over his call and agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra. Kanu was extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya in June 2021 by former President Buhari's government and has remained in detention since then.