DSS Arrests, Releases Nnamdi Kanu’s Doctor

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested and released the personal doctor of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

Naija News reports that Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed the arrest of the doctor, Martin Aghaji, in a post on 𝕏 on Saturday.

Aghaji, a retired professor, was reportedly arrested at his residence in Enugu State on Friday.

Ejimakor alleged that the arrest was linked to a medical report issued by Aghaji on Kanu, which he said contradicted a DSS report.

“This is the height of the official harassment he has been facing since he issued the medical report that did not comport with the SSS’s medical report on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” Ejimakor said.

In another post, the lawyer claimed security operatives stormed Aghaji’s residence around 3 am and forcibly gained entry.

“During the commotion, shots were fired. They’ve now taken him to Lagos,” he stated.

Ejimakor later announced that Aghaji had been released following the intervention of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and other bodies.

“While welcoming this development, the SSS is hereby admonished to do better than this,” he said.

The DSS spokesperson, Favour Dozie, confirmed to Premium Times that Aghaji was arrested in Enugu but denied that the arrest was connected to Kanu or IPOB.

“He was arrested, but not in connection with Nnamdi Kanu,” she said.

Dozie said Aghaji was granted administrative bail and released to the NMA leadership in Lagos on Sunday after providing a surety.

A DSS official later claimed the arrest was linked to alleged financial transactions involving high-profile criminal suspects under investigation.

The official said, “He was even sorry about it when he was informed of the transactions he made. The man himself felt very stupid.”