The Indigenous People of Biafra has described the recent arrest of Nnamdi Kanu’s personal physician, Emeritus Professor Martin Aghaji, as a desperate attempt by the Nigerian government to cover up ‘medical and legal fraud’ in the IPOB leader’s trial.
Aghaji, who was arrested at his residence in Independence Layout, Enugu, on Friday, had issued an independent report on Kanu’s health condition which countered the official version tendered by the Department of State Services, DSS, in the course of the IPOB leader’s trial before the Abuja Federal High Court.
It was gathered that the physician was released on Sunday. Although no reason has been given for the arrest, IPOB linked the development to Aghaji’s independent medical report which countered the official version presented by the DSS.
In a statement on Monday, IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, explained that after his arrest in Enugu, Aghaji was detained in Abuja and Lagos before he was released following intense pressure mounted on the DSS by Kanu’s lawyers and the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA.
The pro-Biafra group described the physician’s arrest as an assault on the medical profession in Nigeria.
“IPOB notes with cautious relief the release of Emeritus Professor Martin Aghaji, the preeminent cardio-thoracic surgeon and personal physician of our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from DSS detention in Lagos. He was seized in a midnight raid at his Enugu residence, dragged to Abuja and then Lagos, before being dumped after intense pressure from lawyers and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
“We thank the lawyers of our leader for
