The detained ex-CSO of Goodluck Jonathan's administration faints

Gordon obua

The detained former chief security officer (CSO) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Gordon Obua, fainted on Monday the 20th of July according to Online Magazine, 

Mr. Obua, has been detained by the SSS in Abuja since the night of July 16, went on hunger strike to protest against conditions of his detention. He was denied access his doctor, lawyer and family members – and his lawyer claimed on Sunday that Obua was also denied his medications for hypertension and diabetes.

The effect of the hunger strike is believed to have made him fainted, according to an source.

He had since been taken to the hospital, treated and discharged on Monday, after which he was returned to SSS headquarters where he is being detained.

Mr Gordon Obua served as CSO to Jonathan from 2010 to 2015.