Andrew Itsekiri, the lawyer of Gordon Obuah, former
President Goodluck Jonathan’s chief security officer, has asked the Director
General of the SSS, Lawan Daura, to either charge Mr. Obuah to court or release
him without further delay.
Mr. Obuah is being detained by the State Security Service
although the service has yet to officially speak about the arrest.
In a statement, Mr. Itsekiri said Mr. Obuah is held without
a charge and his continued detention by the SSS is placing life-threatening
strain on his health. He said Mr. Obuah, who is diabetic and has a serious case of
high blood pressure is being “sadistically” denied water, food and life
sustaining medications. Continue...
Mr. Itsekiri also said family members and friends of Mr.
Obuah have been prevented from seeing him.
Mr. Itsekiri explained that Mr. Obuah’s ordeal began a week
before he was detained by the SSS. He said Mr. Daura told his client to report
daily to the SSS headquarters for questioning over an allegation, the nature of
which was never disclosed to him.
He said he was eventually detained last Thursday after he
showed up at the SSS office for the daily questioning. Mr. Itsekiri explained
that before Mr. Obuah was finally detained, Mr. Daura had asked him if Mr.
Obuah wanted him to personally investigate him or delegate a junior officer to
do so.
Since the news of the arrest and detention of Mr. Obuah
broke last week, the SSS has yet to issue a statement on why he is being held.
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