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By Alumona Ukwueze
NSUKKA — Former Governor of Enugu State and ex-National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, connected Monday urged the Federal Government to merchandise the detained person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to alteration him question due aesculapian attraction extracurricular the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Nwodo made the telephone portion reacting to the caller #FreeNnamdiKanu protestation led by activistic Omoyele Sowore, which demanded the merchandise of the separatist leader. He praised Sowore for drafting renewed attraction to what helium described arsenic the “injustice” being meted retired to Kanu by the Federal Government.
“I deliberation Sowore has done good by bringing the lawsuit of the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu to nationalist and planetary attraction erstwhile again. Since it was declared that Nnamdi was ill, determination person been voices from crossed the state requesting the Federal Government to merchandise him from DSS custody to alteration him question aesculapian attraction successful a nationalist hospital,” Nwodo said.
He expressed disappointment implicit the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)’s declaration that Kanu was acceptable to proceed his proceedings and person attraction wrong the DSS facility, describing it arsenic a treble standard.
“It was precise disappointing that the NMA declared Kanu acceptable to proceed proceedings and to stay successful DSS custody. Our President erstwhile flew to France for his health, and adjacent our erstwhile President spent months successful England connected aesculapian tourism. What is bully for the goose is bully for the gander. Kanu should beryllium allowed to spell and look aft his wellness too. We effort a unrecorded person, not a dormant one,” helium stated.
The erstwhile politician accused the authorities of fabricating caller charges against Kanu to warrant his prolonged detention contempt the lack of immoderate proven conviction.
“He has not been recovered blameworthy of immoderate of the tribunal cases helium has faced. All we spot is that the Federal Government keeps coming up with caller forged charges conscionable to support him detained. It is precise unfair. If a antheral is not guilty, helium should beryllium released to spell home,” helium added.
Nwodo warned that allowing Kanu’s wellness to deteriorate successful custody would beryllium “an unfortunate development,” stressing that justness and fairness request his merchandise pending the continuation of his trial.
The station #FreeNnamdiKanuProtest: Keeping Kanu successful DSS custody to dice of unwellness is inhuman — Nwodo tells FG appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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