The family of detained IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) of systematically harassing his independent physicians.
In a statement issued by Prince Emmanuel Kanu on behalf of the Okwu-Kanu family of Umuahia, Abia State, the family attached a petition forwarded by Kanu to the MDCN Registrar, seeking urgent intervention.
“The Okwu-Kanu Family hereby issues this urgent press statement to expose the systematic harassment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s independent physicians by the DSS and MDCN—harassment that continues even though the core medical issues are sub judice and pending before the Court of Appeal,” the statement read.
The family alleged that while in DSS custody, Kanu’s health was mismanaged, citing dangerously low potassium levels, poorly controlled hypertension, renal impairment, and untreated cardiac abnormalities. His condition reportedly improved only after intervention by his personal physician, Emeritus Professor Dr. Martin Aghaji,
