Ejimakor, who is the lead counsel of Kanu’s legal team, said the DSS’s restriction of the IPOB leader from meeting with his legal team is against a court order issued by Justice Binta Nyako.
Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the Department of State Services (DSS) will get into trouble with the Federal High Court for continuing to deny Kanu access to his legal team.
Ejimakor, who said this on Sunday night while featuring on Arise News interview, vowed that Kanu’s legal team will visit him at the DSS custody despite restrictions by the secret police.
Ejimakor, who is the lead counsel of Kanu’s legal team, said the DSS’s restriction of the IPOB leader from meeting with his legal team is against a court order issued by Justice Binta Nyako.
SaharaReporters had reported that Ejimakor complained that the DSS had been denying Kanu access to his legal team after the detained IPOB leader demanded the recusal of Justice Nyako from his case.
SaharaReporters also reported that following a motion filed by Kanu’s legal team, the court threatened to jail the DSS Director General, Adeola Ajayi, for contempt of court.
However, Ejimakor said the DSS has continued to deny Kanu access to his legal team despite the court’s threat.
Ejimakor while speaking on Arise News said, “The threat already has an impact because I did get some feelers, and I’m aware of the intervention of Obi Agwoucha and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.
“They intervened politically on this matter and tried to resolve it by way of compromise, so I had informal information that DSS has retraced its steps and is now willing to do the right thing.
“I should bring a letter with the names of the counsels that would visit Kanu on Monday, so I have done that and we will go there hoping that the restrictions would be lifted.
“If they are lifted, we will go and interface with our client and if the restriction is not lifted, the process in court will continue to its logical conclusion.”
He said, “He is entitled to access to his counsels under section 36 of the Nigerian constitution, Kanu is not supposed to be detained at the DSS in the first place – it’s a glorified holding cell – he is supposed to be detained in prison where these restrictions normally don’t occur.”
Ejimakor noted, “DSS is a security environment with security built in place that they take for granted. These restrictions don’t go well for detainees.
“We are not forcing them to break their backs or change their system overnight but if you insist on detaining him where he shouldn’t be, then make certain adjustments.
“If you don’t, you are going to get into trouble with the court that made the order.”
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