Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said there is a conspiracy to keep him in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, until he dies.
Kanu made the claims Tuesday before an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako, when his bail application came up for hearing.
He decried his condition at the DSS custody, saying his health condition is deteriorating at the place.
The IPOB Leader who told the court that he is denied access to his visitors, urged the court to order his transfer to Kuje Correctional Centre where he would have access to better medical care.
“People will come to see me; they will not allow them. They don’t have the medical facility. I have congestive heart failure; they are patching me up.
“My foot is swollen. I asked them to conduct surgery, and they said they couldn’t.
“There is a conspiracy for me to die in detention. I want to be transferred to Kuje,” Kanu said.
But the court refused to grant his prayers including his bail application.
The IPOB Leader is standing trial for a seven-count treasonable felony charge that was preferred against him by the Federal Government.
The Court of Appeal had earlier quashed the charge against him and ordered his immediate and unconditional release but following an appeal by the government, the Supreme Court vacated the judgment and ordered the resumption of his trial.
Kanu has remained in solitary confinement at the Abuja headquarters of the DSS since June 21 when he was extraordinarily rendered from Kenya.
