BUSINESS MAN JAILED FOR SUPPORTING IPOB ONLINE

The situation has raised concerns among his family members as his health condition is said to be worsening by the day.

It was gathered that Emeka was travelling from Lagos to Anambra to deliver baby items and goods he had bought for his pregnant wife who had earlier called to inform him that her Estimated Delivery Date (EED) was close.

The wife eventually gave birth in June but lost the baby, allegedly due to psychological trauma over the arrest of her husband.

The DSS accused him of being an IPOB member for openly expressing support for Biafra agitators and condemning security agents for the killing of innocent citizens in the Eastern region of the country.

SaharaReporters gathered that Emeka suddenly developed rashes and patches all over his body and had suffered a protracted illness believed to be typhoid fever and malaria. 

He was said to have been denied access to doctors or drugs by the secret police detectives and his condition has continued to deteriorate in the cell.

The situation has raised concerns among his family members as his health condition is said to be worsening by the day. 

Emeka, a father of nine and an ulcer patient, was said to have pleaded with the authorities of the service to allow him to go for medical treatment but the request was turned down.

It was also gathered that Emeka’s refusal not to succumb to pressure from DSS operatives to admit that he was an IPOB member further compounded his predicament, leading to his continued detention in an underground cell without being granted access to his lawyer and family members.

He was initially detained at the DSS office in Lagos before he was taken to its headquarters in Abuja where he was tortured and asked to admit that he was an IPOB member. 

The DSS has refused to charge him to court so he has continued to languish in illegal detention in violation of his fundamental rights.

The operatives allegedly threatened to kill him if he dared make any attempt to take the matter to court or if anybody took the matter to court on his behalf.

According to a source familiar with the case, upon his transfer to DSS headquarters, the service specifically told him that if he wants to regain his freedom, he should admit to being a member of IPOB.