The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that there is a conspiracy for him to die in detention.
Kanu, whose request for bail was refused by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, pleaded to be transferred to Kuje prison.
Kanu, who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), said he has a severe health condition that could not be handled in his present detention centre.
According to him, the DSS lacked the medical facilities required for his treatment.
He told the court that his ailment had to do with the heart, a situation he said had started manifesting in his physical appearance, especially his feet.
Speaking from the dock, shortly after Justice Binta Nyako denied his bail application, Kanu Kanued a conspiracy to allow him to die in the custody of the secret police.
He said, “People will come to see me; they will not allow them. They don’t have the medical facility. I have congestive heart failure; they are patching me up.
“My foot is swollen. I asked them to conduct surgery, and they said they couldn’t.
“There is a conspiracy for me to die in detention. I want to be transferred to Kuje.”
Kanu is answering a seven-count treasonable felony charge that was preferred against him by the Federal Government.