{"id":2226,"date":"2025-02-21T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2025-02-21T20:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:19:02","slug":"dss-grants-nnamdi-kanus-family-lawyers-access-after-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/dss-grants-nnamdi-kanus-family-lawyers-access-after-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS grants Nnamdi Kanu&#8217;s family, Lawyers access after pressure\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday finally granted access to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, following mounting pressure from his family and legal team.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kanu\u2019s lead lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had earlier raised the alarm that both his legal representatives and family members were denied access to him at the DSS headquarters in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the IPOB leader\u2019s younger brother, confirmed after the visit that they were finally allowed to see him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking to Vanguard, Prince Kanu urged the DSS to respect court orders permitting Kanu\u2019s lawyers and family members to visit twice a week, stressing that denying access to him damages Nigeria\u2019s image.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He further stated that Kanu is not Nigeria\u2019s problem but rather part of the solution, urging the Federal Government to compel the DSS to comply with legal directives regarding his brother\u2019s detention.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday finally granted access to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, following mounting pressure from his family and legal team. Kanu\u2019s lead lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had earlier raised the alarm that both his legal representatives and family members were denied access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1351,243,1350,179,276],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-access","tag-damages","tag-denied","tag-detention","tag-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}