By Halimah Olamide
A Federal High Court on Thursday ordered the Department of State Security to grant the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu access to a medical personnel of his choice.
Justice Binta Nyako, who delivered the verdict said the decision became necessary owing to the alleged failing health of the group’s leader.
The judge said Kanu needed ear surgery.
The trial judge also dismissed the preliminary objections filed by the DSS challenging the application before it, on grounds that Kanu has the right to medical services even in detention.
The court, in its judgment, also ordered that all Kanu’s medical records be made available to the IPOB leader.
Kanu, who has been in the custody of the DSS since June 2021, is facing terrorism-related charges brought against him by the secret police.