Kanu Suffering From Heart, Nutrient Deficiency –IPOB
he Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of being economical with the truth on the health condition of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Spokesperson for the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, yesterday, said Kalu’s health was deteriorating inside the DSS facility as a result of poor or lack of medical attention and feeding.
He said the IPOB leader was down with heart and nutrient deficiency and challenged the DSS to prove them wrong by allowing Kanu’s personal physician attend to him.
He also urged the public to disregard claims by one Adeyemi Olumide who said Kanu’s health condition was normal saying his statement was a cover up.
A common sense question for the DSS is whether anyone is ever fine in their solitary confinement facility, especially someone they have refused a change of clothes, refused his praying shawl and denied access to his personal doctor when they are fully aware that he has a health issue. If DSS claims that Kanu is adequately being taken care of and that IPOB and his lawyers are deceiving the public for sympathy, they should allow him unfettered access to his personal physician to investigate his present health status.
“It is imperative to deliver this message to the public that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s health condition is still deteriorating inside DSS solitary confinement as a result of poor or lack of medical attention and feeding.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has unresolved nutrient deficiency. He also has an ear and heart condition that requires urgent surgery. DSS should release Kanu unconditionally as ordered by the court, or take him to specialists for proper medical examination and treatment. Recruiting media dogs to attack IPOB, Kanu and his legal team will not exonerate them should anything bad happen to our leader,” Powerful said.
He also refuted allegation that IPOB’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, was working against Kanu saying: “How could someone with a sane mind say that Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who has been under serious attacks from DSS and the Nigeria Army, is working against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu or IPOB?”
