IPOB further claimed the DSS clinic was ill-equipped to attend to Kanu’s heart condition, adding that the separatist leader needs his personal physician.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was rushed in a medical emergency to a clinic within the facility of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja.
Spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, said in a statement on Friday that Kanu, who is being detained by the DSS on a court order, needs urgent heart surgery.
IPOB further claimed the DSS clinic was ill-equipped to attend to Kanu’s heart condition, adding that the separatist leader needs his personal physician.
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The statement partly read, “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been drawn to the continued deteriorating health of our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu who was rushed to an ill-equipped DSS clinic on a medical emergency in Abuja on Monday, February 27, 2023.
“We are aware that the Nigeria Government and her DSS, including the British High Commissioner in Abuja, planned to kill Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu in DSS solitary confinement but they should also be ready for the consequences.
“Our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is critically ill in the DSS solitary confinement and must be released unconditionally to attend to his deteriorating health urgently. The Nigerian government must do the needful now that there is time to avoid negative consequences that may follow.”