Solitary Confinement: DSS Rejects Allegations in Kanu’s Case

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it kept Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in solitary confinement.
The DSS stated that Kanu, who is facing a seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge preferred by the federal government, is not being held in solitary confinement.
At the case’s resumed hearing on Wednesday, a DSS operative whose identity was protected for security reasons continued to testify as a witness before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Answering questions while being cross-examined by Kanu’s legal team, led by former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, the operative, identified as PW-BBB, insisted that “solitary confinement is not a practice of the DSS.”

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Agabi has raised worry over Kanu’s protracted arrest, stating that he was held in solitary confinement.

In his response, the witness denied the claim and informed the court that he was only an investigator, admitting that he was not Kanu’s “handler.”

Not deterred by the response, Agabi questioned the legality of Kanu’s continued detention, which he described as “cruel and inhuman treatment.”

Responding, the witness informed the court that he could not speak on Kanu’s psychological state because it was not part of his investigative duties.