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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA– The Federal Government, connected Friday, gave reasons wherefore it opposed petition for the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to beryllium transferred to the National Hospital successful Abuja for aesculapian attention.
The government, done its squad of lawyers led by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, faulted a aesculapian study that was issued by backstage physicians/consultants that Kanu engaged to measure the information of his health.
Kanu’s aesculapian team, led by Dr. Martin Aghaji, a retired Professor of medicine, had successful the report, recommended the contiguous transportation of the suspect to either the National infirmary oregon a overseas aesculapian installation for due treatment.
Prof. Aghaji, who retired from the University of Nigeria, Nsuka, Enugu state, based his recommendations connected the deteriorating wellness information of the defendant.
However, opposing the petition connected Friday, the national authorities told the Federal High Court successful Abuja that a squad of aesculapian experts astatine the Department of State Services, DSS, led by Dr. Mohammed Nasir, had assessed Kanu’s wellness and assured that helium could beryllium decently treated astatine the information agency’s aesculapian installation without recourse to the nationalist hospital.
Awomolo, SAN, further told the tribunal that the umbrella assemblage of aesculapian doctors successful the country, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has arsenic constituted a seven-man sheet to look into the discrepancy betwixt the study by Kanu’s backstage doc and that of the aesculapian squad astatine the DSS.
He told the tribunal that a radical of almighty aesculapian practitioners crossed the state had besides visited Kanu astatine the DSS detention installation to ascertain his wellness status.
The national authorities insisted that the study that was issued by Kanu’s backstage doc was not lone exaggerated but arsenic suspicious arsenic it besides contained a proposal for the suspect to beryllium taken to a infirmary successful America.
The prosecution counsel told the tribunal that NMA’s autarkic study connected Kanu’s wellness information was being awaited.
Besides, the authorities argued that nary azygous aesculapian unit from the DSS was progressive erstwhile Kanu was assessed by his backstage physicians/consultants.
It alleged that Prof. Aghaji unilaterally changed medicine for Kanu, successful utter disregard for the mode the suspect has been treated for the past 4 years.
It contended that the exclusion of the aesculapian officers who person been managing the defendant’s wellness for years punctured the credibility of the study and recommendations.
FG further contended that moving Kanu to the nationalist infirmary would make chaos and inconvenience for thousands of patients receiving attraction astatine the hospital.
Awomolo, SAN, added that FG was profoundly acrophobic astir Kanu’s information and security, hence the crushed it opposed the application.
He, therefore, urged the tribunal to disregard the request, insisting that the backstage study was done successful atrocious faith.
On his part, Kanu’s lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, said his squad would not reason NMA’s involution if it was ordered by the Federal High Court.
Ikpeazu, SAN, told the tribunal that the backstage physicians were unequivocal successful their proposal that Kanu needed urgent aesculapian attraction that could not beryllium handled astatine the aesculapian installation of the DSS.
He assured the tribunal that Kanu would not escape, adding that his transportation to the nationalist infirmary would not airs immoderate information situation arsenic the installation is arsenic owned by the government.
Ikpeazu, SAN, said it was successful the involvement of justness for the tribunal to assistance the petition truthful that the suspect would beryllium live to support the complaint against him.
After helium had listened to some sides, Justice James Omotosho said helium would present a ruling connected the substance today.
Kanu had successful the question marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2025, bemoaned that his wellness took a worrisome decline, a concern helium said necessitated the invitation of doctors who carried retired a thorough introspection connected him.
“The introspection revealed issues to his health, including organs specified arsenic his pancreas and liver arsenic good arsenic an emerging lump underneath his armpit and dangerously debased levels of potassium.
“The doctors person recommended that helium beryllium moved to the National Hospital arsenic an interim measurement to spend him aesculapian attraction and forestall further decline.
“The applicant’s wellness is seriously...
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