Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu has appealed to the International Red Cross Society to facilitate immediate and independent medical examination of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB).
He made the call in a letter entitled ‘RE: Urgent Appeal for your humanitarian intervention with the Government of Nigeria to grant Mazi Nnamdi Kanu access to independent medical examination and care.’
According to him, his client may soon die in the custody of the Department of State Services if his request is not granted.
Ejimakor added that the heart of Nnamdi Kanu is beginning to fail him, and he is having severe breathing problem.
He said;
“Bring your good offices to bear on the Government of Nigeria to grant our client the opportunity of an independent medical examination and care within the shortest possible time.
Our client informs us that his blood has been drawn more than 20 times without explanation, and that he continues to feel apprehension and dread that he is in custody of those that partook in his extra-ordinary rendition.
His health, particularly his heart, is failing him and he was having severe breathing issues; that his fingernails are cracking and he feels dizzy. He told us that he was not receiving the necessary medical care even when the Government of Nigeria is aware from his in-jail medical examination that his heart has enlarged by 13%.
He said serious medical problems require the urgent and constant attention of specialist doctors [which are not being given to him in the detention facility]. In this circumstance, he is daily facing the grim and imminent risk of losing his life in detention.”
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