Court Declines Hearing Of Kanu’s Motion Seeking Transfer From DSS To Hospital

Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has refused to perceive a question filed by Biafra federation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking an bid transferring him from the custody of Department of the State Services (DSS) to the National Hospital successful Abuja, for urgent aesculapian attention.

The Judge said his fiat to beryllium arsenic a abrogation justice ends this Monday and, therefore, lacked jurisdiction to unfastened specified a caller substance for hearing.

He ordered that the lawsuit record beryllium returned to the registry for the Chief Judge to reassign it to different judge.

During the proceedings, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, appeared for the Federal Government portion Uchenna Njoku, SAN, stood successful for the person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

When the substance was called up, Kanu’s lawyer informed the justice that the question by his lawsuit was filed connected September 1 portion a antagonistic affidavit of 37 paragraphs opposing the transportation petition was served connected him by authorities successful the unfastened court.

The elder lawyer said that helium had not work the antagonistic affidavit for him to respond.

He, therefore, applied for an adjournment to alteration him to respond to the antagonistic affidavit and successful presumption of the information that the abrogation of the justice had travel to an end.

On his part, Awomolo, SAN did not reason the adjournment petition and that helium would beryllium acceptable to beryllium successful tribunal anytime, anyway, erstwhile a caller day is fixed.

In a little ruling, Justice Liman ordered that the lawsuit record beryllium returned to the Registry for the Chief Judge to reassign the substance to different Judge.

Justice Liman said that helium would marque proposal to the Chief Judge for the speedy proceeding of the question since the wellness of the applicant was involved.

Kanu had successful the question with complaint number: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, sought an bid of the tribunal for the DSS to determination him from their custody to the National Hospital for urgent medical care.