{"id":7418,"date":"2021-12-13T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=7418"},"modified":"2021-12-13T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:54:55","slug":"abuse-of-power-nnamdi-kanu-nigerias-pro-biafra-activists-life-in-danger-inside-dss-custody-health-failing-fast-denied-access-to-food-not-allowed-to-change-dirty-clothes-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/abuse-of-power-nnamdi-kanu-nigerias-pro-biafra-activists-life-in-danger-inside-dss-custody-health-failing-fast-denied-access-to-food-not-allowed-to-change-dirty-clothes-maxwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuse of Power: NNAMDI KANU, Nigeria\u2019s pro-Biafra activist\u2019s Life in Danger inside DSS Custody, Health failing fast, denied access to Food, Not allowed to change dirty Clothes-Maxwell Opara, Legal team member \u2026files for a fundamental human rights enforcement suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja *Doctor takes Igbo freedom leader\u2019s blood 21 times for unnamed test *\u2018We are seeking a doctor from a government-owned hospital who can attend to Kanu\u2019s deteriorating health\u2019 *BY JOY AMAECHI\/HUMAN RIGHTS Reporter, Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abuse of Power:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NNAMDI KANU, Nigeria\u2019s pro-Biafra activist\u2019s Life in Danger inside DSS Custody, Health failing fast, denied access to Food, Not allowed to change dirty Clothes<\/strong><strong>-Maxwell Opara, Legal team member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2026files for a fundamental human rights enforcement suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Doctor takes Igbo freedom leader\u2019s blood 21 times for unnamed test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*\u2018We are <\/strong><strong>seeking a doctor from a government-owned hospital who can attend to Kanu\u2019s deteriorating health\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*BY JOY AMAECHI\/HUMAN RIGHTS Reporter, Abuja<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE WORLD ATTENTION THAT THE HEALTH OF NNAMDI KANU, leader of <\/strong>the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is in danger inside the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, as he has been starved of food, denied access to change his dirty clothes, even as his blood had been taken 21 times for an unnamed test.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20160918190121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7419\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20160918190121-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nnamdi-kanu-handcuffs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7420\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nnamdi-kanu-handcuffs-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A member of Kanu\u2019s legal team, Maxwell Opara, said on Monday that the Igbo freedom activist is battling with hunger while had not been allowed to change his clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Opara raised the alarm during a press conference after filing a fundamental human rights enforcement suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The suit is, among others, seeking a doctor from a government-owned hospital who can attend to Kanu\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and he told us about the conditions to which he is being subjected. He has not been allowed to change his clothes, while he\u2019s also being starved. He also told us that a doctor came to take his blood samples for 21 times for test but was not told what test they want to conduct on him. We have therefore filed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit in that regard,\u201d Opara told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the secessionist group, is standing trial for alleged treason against the Federal Government of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>#Additional reports by The PUNCH Newspaper<\/p>\n<p><strong>CERTAINLY,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Good journalism costs a lot of money. Without doubt, only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government. 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