IPOB Lawyer Aloy Ejimakor Collapses in Kuje Custody Awaiting Bail Perfection
Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reportedly collapsed in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, following a sudden deterioration of his health.
This incident occurred just 24 hours after the trial magistrate, Abubakar Umar Sai’id, declined to sign the bail bond necessary for his release.
Sources indicate that Ejimakor’s condition is “deteriorating fast.” During a scheduled legal visitation, his colleague, Barrister Maxwell Opara, was unable to meet him.
Reports from SaharaReporters suggest that Ejimakor was incapacitated, unable to sit upright or stand, and was being attended to by nurses at the correctional facility.
Medical personnel are reportedly considering a transfer to a hospital for urgent care. Legal observers have raised alarms over the delay in medical intervention and the stalled legal proceedings.
Ejimakor was one of 13 individuals arrested on Monday during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, a group that also included Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu. The arrested individuals were allegedly tear-gassed, beaten, and held overnight in a SARS unit known as “Abattoir” before being transferred to the CID headquarters.
They were subsequently brought before the Kuje Magistrate’s Court without their lawyer present and remanded. Although Magistrate Sai’id granted bail the following day, the required bond was neither signed nor processed, effectively preventing Ejimakor’s release.
