Following considerable advocacy, the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, has lifted the restriction on Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu’s legal team, headed by lead counsel Aloy Ejimakor, visited him at the DSS facility in Abuja.
According to Ejimakor, a key factor in this decision was the intervention of Obi Aguocha, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Ikwuano, Umuahia North and South Federal constituency. Aguocha’s efforts played a significant role in prompting the DSS to ease the restrictions on Kanu.
Posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: “Today, on the directives of the DG DSS, the #MnkLegalTeam conducted the first successful visitation with MAZI NNAMDI KANU since Sept. 27.
“Mazi Ndidi Awurum, who came from the US was with us. Our ramrod legal forays & Hon Obi Aguocha’s intervention were crucial to this outcome.”
DSS had blocked Kanu from having access to his legal team after he caused an uproar at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he demanded the recusal of Justice Binta Nyako.
But the court had ordered the secret police to lift the restriction while threatening to jail the DSS Director General for refusal to adhere to its directive.
Amid the blockade, Aguocha had physically met with Kanu on Thursday, 24th of October 2024, at the DSS facility in Abuja.
After the meeting, the lawmaker said he had resolved the issue of restrictions placed on Kanu by DSS.
