Department of State Services (DSS) has flown veteran actor Chiwetalu Agu to Abuja.
Gatekeepers News reports that the security service took the step as part of investigations for promoting Biafra and allegedly inciting members of the public.
Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on Thursday, October 7, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for wearing a Biafra outfit.
The actor was arrested while distributing bread and other items to the less privileged accused him of soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). A proscribed group. He was subsequently handed over to the DSS.
A relative of the Nollywood actor said they had been denied access to him.
He said attempts to see him in Abuja were rebuffed by the DSS.
“We spent two days trying to ascertain his whereabouts. We were later informed that he was moved to Enugu and then Abuja.
“We heard that the idea is to move him away from the South-East. We have made efforts to see him, but the DSS has not granted us access. Even the lawyers have not been allowed to reach him,” the relative said.
