A former Attorney General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi has debunked claims that he was denied access to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Agabi who is the lead defence counsel in the trial of the IPOB leader said neither himself nor any member of his team were denied access to Kanu by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at their holding facility.
Speaking at the resumed hearing on the terrorism case against Kanu, Agabi informed the court – presided over by Justice James Omotosho – that the information attributed to a member of his team was correct.
According to the senior lawyer, his team member, Alloy Ejimakor, had posted on his social media page that operatives of the DSS had denied the legal team access to their client.
Stating that such an incident never happened, Agabi blamed Ejimakor for the misinformation.
He said, “I was not denied access to the defendant. We had arranged to go there with myself, Ikpeazu, Etiaba, Erokoro. But for some reasons they were not available.
“When I got to the gate around 1 pm, they said our name had not arrived. To be fair, they (the DSS officials) showed me enough respect. I said I will come back another date,” Agabi told the court.
He also said that he became furious when he found out that a member of his team had shared such information on social media.
Queried about his decision to put out such unconfirmed information, Ejimakaor said he thought his principal was angry because he was denied access to Kanu.
According to Ejimakaor, he was speaking on the phone with Agabi and thought his anger was because he was denied access but later found out he was angry because he (Ejimakor) had given a wrong time for the appointment with the IPOB leader at the DSS facility in Abuja.
