The lead attorney for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has accused the Department of State Services of rejecting N1 million in cash that was given to agents to cover meal and medical costs for his client, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu.
Ejiofor disclosed this through a press statement issued on Monday.
Ejiofor, who had previously expressed concern about his client’s health, claimed that Kanu’s primary attorney, Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN, attempted to deliver the money to the DSS authorities in an effort to hasten Kanu’s medical care.
He claimed that Kanu expressed concerns over his health during their Monday visit to the DSS headquarters.
He claimed that the DSS refused to accept the money they offered, claiming it had what it took to care for and feed the leader of the IPOB.
His words, “Again, Onyendu lamented that for the past nine (9) days, the detaining authority (DSS) has refused to avail him of his prescribed medication for heart/chest burn, which delay is extremely harmful to his health. Since all channel of complaints to the detaining authority (DSS) has been closed, we have no other option than to always go public to ventilate our grievances with their unlawful activities with respect to their management of Onyendu, and to consequently demand that Onyendu’s full medication, prescribed for the management of his deteriorating health condition be administered immediately and without further ado.
“Though, our erudite lead counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, immediately swung into action to press for the needful to be done without further ado, it is important to point out that only few weeks ago, a cash sum of N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira only) was made available to the DSS by our Lead Counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to specifically be applied for the medical needs, and routine meals of Onyendu. Unfortunately, the detaining authority refused to accept the money, insisting that they have all it takes to cater to Onyendu‘s medical needs and routine meals”, he added.
