Nnamdi Kanu’s family has accused the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, of systematic harassment of the IPOB leader’s independent physicians.
The allegation was made in a statement issued by Prince Emmanuel Kanu, on behalf of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Okwu-Kanu Family of Umuahia, Abia State. A petition forwarded by Kanu to the Registrar of the MDCN, seeking urgent intervention over alleged harassment of his personal doctors, was attached to the statement.
“The Okwu-Kanu Family hereby issues this urgent press statement to expose the systematic harassment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s independent physicians by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN)—harassment that continues even though the core medical issues are sub judice and pending before the Court of Appeal,” the family said, noting that gbf DSS mismanaged Kanu’s health and now seeks to punish the physicians who intervened in the matter.
“While in DSS custody, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s health was systematically neglected and mismanaged. According to the independent medical team, state-appointed doctors allowed his potassium levels to fall to a life-threatening 1.9 mmol/L—a level capable of triggering cardiac arrest and sudden death. His hypertension remained poorly controlled, his kidney function deteriorated to established renal impairment, and serious cardiac abnormalities—including Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Septal Hypertrophy—went untreated,” the family said.
It added that Kanu’s health improved after the intervention of his personal physician, Emeritus Professor Dr. Martin Aghaji.
“When Emeritus Professor Dr. Martin
