By Ihechi Enyinnaya
Reprieve is yet to come for Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), as a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, dismissed the suit he filed seeking N1 billion in damages for alleged rights violations.
Kanu, in the suit marked FHC/CS/1633/2023, claimed that the Department of State Services (DSS) and its Director General violated his right to fair hearing by allegedly preventing his lawyers from having unrestricted interactions with him while he is detained, thereby hampering the preparation of his defense in his criminal trial.
Ruling on the suit, Justice James Omotosho said Kanu failed to provide credible evidence to support his claims. The judge found no proof that his interactions with his lawyers were interfered with, that he was denied unrestricted access to his lawyers, or that DSS officials eavesdropped on his conversations with his lawyers, which Kanu argued constituted a breach of his right to a fair hearing.