Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Aloy Ejimakor Reportedly Collapses In Kuje Prison

Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reportedly fallen ill at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.

His illness comes just a day after the presiding judge, Senior Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id, allegedly refused to sign his bail bond.

According to SaharaReporters, Ejimakor was unable to meet with his legal representative, Barrister Maxwell Opara, during the routine visitation at the facility.

When Ejimakor regained consciousness, he explained that he could neither sit nor stand upright, adding that nurses at the prison clinic were attending to him.

Sources revealed that he might be moved to a hospital if his condition worsens.

Aloy Ejimakor was arrested on Monday alongside 12 others, including Nnamdi Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, during a #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest.

Reports indicate that the group was teargassed, assaulted, and later taken to the State Police Command’s CID unit before spending the night in the notorious SARS detention cell known as “Abattoir.”

The following day, they were transported to the Kuje Magistrate Court without their lawyer and were remanded by Magistrate Sai’id, who was accused of working with the police to ensure their continued detention.

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore was also arraigned alongside Ejimakor and others.

Although the Magistrate granted them bail, he allegedly failed to sign the bail documents, preventing their release.

Ejimakor is currently receiving medical attention at the Kuje prison clinic, where his condition is said to be deteriorating rapidly.

KanyiDaily also reported how the police re-arrested Omoyele Sowore outside the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja, just moments after the court had granted him bail.