The Federal Excessive Court docket will on Monday hear a movement filed by Nnamdi Kanu, chief of the proscribed Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB), looking for an order transferring him to the Abuja Nationwide Hospital for pressing medical consideration.
Justice Musa Liman had granted the movement ex parte, praying for permission from the courtroom to listen to the appliance in the course of the trip interval as a result of its urgency.
“I consider that the proper to well being is as vital as the proper to life.
“And so I agree that this matter could be heard by the holiday courtroom,” Justice Liman, who can also be a trip choose, had mentioned.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that Kanu, within the ex parte movement with cost quantity: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, had sought aid.
Kanu, within the movement dated Sept. 2 however filed on Sept. 3 by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, sought an order “granting depart for the applicant’s movement dated 1st September, 2025 to be heard earlier than the holiday choose.”
Giving an 11-ground argument why their request must be granted, Agabi mentioned Kanu is presently standing trial earlier than Justice James Omotosho in cost marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015.
He mentioned Kanu, on Might 19, filed an software praying the courtroom to confess him to bail pending the listening to and willpower of the terrorism cost.
The lawyer, nevertheless, said that the appliance couldn’t be heard earlier than the courtroom’s annual trip, therefore the continued detention.
In accordance with him, whereas awaiting the resumption of courtroom actions, the applicant’s well being took a worrisome decline, necessitating the invitation of medical doctors to hold out an intensive and in depth examination of the applicant.
“The examination revealed points along with his well being, together with organs reminiscent of his pancreas and liver, in addition to an rising lump beneath his armpit and dangerously low ranges of potassium.
“The medical doctors have advisable that he be moved to the Nationwide Hospital as an interim measure to afford him medical consideration and forestall additional decline.
“The applicant’s well being is severely deteriorating contemplating the character of his confinement thereby making extra urgent, the necessity to deliver this software and have similar heard by a trip choose,” Agabi mentioned.
He alleged {that a} letter from the medical doctors to the Director-Normal of the DSS, advising the switch of Kanu, had gone unanswered.
He mentioned the urgency of the matter had, subsequently, necessitated the submitting of the moment software as a measure to arrest additional decline of his well being whereas spirited efforts are being expended to make sure his therapy.”
The senior lawyer said that granting the appliance wouldn’t trigger any injustice to the complainant (DSS).
Apart from, Agabi mentioned the courtroom “is imbued with jurisdiction to listen to and grant the prayers sought within the software.”
Emmanuel Kanu, the youthful brother of Nnamdi Kanu, within the affidavit he deposed to, averred that the IPOB chief not too long ago complained of weak point and pains in his physique.
He mentioned this “prompted the invitation of medical doctors led by the Eminent Emeritus Professor Austin A.C. Agaji, who on 1st September, 2025 at about 2:30pm,” informed him that a number of exams had been performed on Kanu in August.
Emmanuel mentioned the physician informed him, at Agabi’s legislation agency, that it was found that the IPOB chief was affected by points regarding his liver and kidneys, in addition to a dangerously low stage of potassium.
“He was additional identified of a swelling round his armpit space which requires pressing consideration to establish the trigger and thereafter to hunt applicable medical therapy,” he averred.
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