Judge stands down for ruling on Nnamdi Kanu‘s medical fitness

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has stood down proceedings successful Nnamdi Kanu‘s proceedings for ruling connected a question seeking his transportation to the National Hospital, Abuja, for aesculapian attention.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, the person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is being prosecuted connected allegations bordering connected terrorism.

Justice Omotosho stood down the substance connected Friday, aft counsel for the Federal Government, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, and Kanu’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the application.

Earlier, upon resumed hearing, Ikpeazu argued that determination was an beingness of a documentary grounds successful enactment of their motion.

The lawyer said that a aesculapian study by a Professor of Medicine, Austin Agaji, testified to the information that Kanu needed to beryllium transferred to the National Hospital for further treatment.

But Awomolo vehemently disagreed with Ikpeazu’s submission.

The elder lawyer said successful opposing their motion, a counter-affidavit was filed connected Sept 15.

He prayed the tribunal to garbage Kanu’s request.

He said that the Federal Government cares truthful overmuch astir Kanu’s wellness and needs, successful that the earlier bid made by the tribunal was strictly complied with by the Department of State Services (DSS).

“Your lordship made an bid that the suspect should beryllium allowed to spot immoderate of his relations, immoderate doc of his prime and his lawyers. All these were obeyed,” helium said.

He said that, besides, the DSS allowed Kanu to beryllium taken to immoderate of his desired aesculapian facilities.

Awomolo, however, argued that taking the IPOB person to the National Hospital successful Abuja would not beryllium successful the involvement of nationalist security.

He said that Kanu, who is said to beryllium a formation risk, mightiness airs a information menace to radical seeking aesculapian attraction astatine the infirmary should the installation beryllium attacked.

Besides, helium argued that Prof. Agaji, who authored the aesculapian report, neither works astatine National Hospital nor was determination immoderate grounds that the attraction administered to Kanu was inefficient.

He said issues astir the IPOB leader’s wellness by his aesculapian advisor were exaggerated and made successful atrocious religion to nonstop a mendacious wellness communicative situation to the public.

The lawyer said that successful bid to get an autarkic study connected Kanu’s aesculapian fitness, the DSS had constituted a seven-member sheet of aesculapian experts from the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

He urged the tribunal to licence the sheet to ascertain Kanu’s fittingness wrong 1 week.

Ikpeazu, however, said helium was not alert of the creation of the sheet from the NMA.

When Justice Omotosho past asked Ikpeazu if helium would beryllium funny successful allowing a sheet from NMA to travel up with an autarkic report, the lawyer said helium would if the tribunal made the order.

The justice past stood down the substance for ruling.

(NAN)

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