July 20, (THEWILL) – Justice Binta Nyako has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS), to allow Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), access to doctors of his choice and medical records.
Kanu had in a suit, filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja, by his team of lawyers, led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN), demanded that his doctors should be allowed to conduct an independent examination on him to ascertain his actual state of health.
Ruling in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 2341/2022, Justice Nyako on Thursday, held that Kanu was constitutionally entitled to be allowed access to medical doctors of his choice and his medical records despite being held in custody.
The judge, however, ordered that any independent medical assessment or examination to be carried out on Kanu by his personal medical experts should be supervised by the DSS, with the whole process recorded and sealed for security purpose.
