Lawyers to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, have cried out against the continued denial by the Department of State Services, from having access to their client.
Kanu’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a statement issued on Thursday, after the DSS again barred them from seeing their client, said that the display of “contempt” to court orders issued by the Buhari-led administration highlights the “sorry state” of Nigeria.
Ejiofor accused the government of using the DSS to disobey court orders and vowed the legal team would call out the secret police on the global stage if they are again barred from seeing Nnamdi Kanu in their next scheduled meeting on Monday.
The statement read, “Our routine court-ordered visit to our indefatigable Client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu today was led by our most erudite foremost Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, who is also the Lead Counsel in this case.
“The officials of the DSS denied us access to Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for the umpteenth time, in flagrant violation of the subsisting Order of Court, while insisting that their personnel assigned to receive us will only be available on Monday next week to conduct the visit.
“This development unarguably, did not go down well with our visiting team as the Learned Silk leading us promptly registered the displeasure of the entire legal team and teeming followers of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in very clear terms.
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“Our Learned SAN however, obliged the pleas of the officer in charge, who assured certainty on Monday’s visit. The Learned Silk reiterated that he will again be leading Onyendu’s legal team next Monday for the visit and will not tolerate any further excuse(s).
“The Learned Silk urged for restraint, while noting that if by Monday, 28th February 2022, we are not allowed access to our client, then he will have something to say to the world, and in the language they will understand.
“We were all disappointed by this ugly trend, but we will be visiting again on Monday. There is no going back nor relenting, because it is forward ever and backward never.
“It is to be noted, with utter dismay, that the present Administration has drifted to an unfortunate era where l Orders issued by Courts of competent jurisdiction are treated with contempt, and with grave impunity by institutions whose primary mandate is to promote the Rule of Law.
“Unfortunately, this is the sorry state of the nation. But, we will see how far they can progress with this macabre dance.
“We shall continue to keep you in a regular update of every development in this case as we progress,” Ejiofor added.
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