Today, July 20, Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja issued an order directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant incarcerated IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu access to doctors of his choosing and to his medical data.Court says..continue Reading.
The judge issued the directive while rendering a decision in a lawsuit Kanu's legal team, led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had brought. Despite being in detention, Justice Nyako ruled that Kanu had a fundamental right to examine his medical data and the doctors of his choice.However, she stipulated that any medical examinations performed on the IPOB leader must be under the DSS's supervision, with the entire procedure being recorded and sealed for security reasons.
Kanu has requested in the lawsuit, with the filing number FHC/ABJ/CS/ 2341/2022, that his doctors be permitted to conduct an independent examination on him to determine his real level of health.