There was tension on Saturday at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, after Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, reportedly fell ill barely 24 hours after a magistrate refused to sign his bail bond.
Ejimakor, who was remanded alongside 12 others, including Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, was said to have taken ill overnight and could not meet with his lawyer, Maxwell Opara, during a routine visit to the facility.
It was learnt that Ejimakor complained of severe weakness and was unable to sit upright or stand.
He is currently being attended to by nurses at the Kuje Prison Clinic, with reports suggesting he may be moved to a hospital if his condition worsens.
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Ejimakor and others were arrested on Monday during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja.
They were allegedly teargassed and beaten before being taken to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and later detained overnight at the notorious SARS cell known as the ‘Abattoir’.
The following day, the group was taken to the Kuje Magistrate Court without legal representation and remanded by Senior Magistrate Abubakar Sai’id, who reportedly refused to sign their bail documents after granting them bail on Friday.
Also arraigned in the same case was rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, who was released but continues to face police harassment over the protest.
