Nnamdi Kanu files N50bn suit against NMA over ‘false’ medical report certifying him fit to stand trial

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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has faulted the medical report presented by a team of experts constituted by the president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to ascertain his health status.

In a ruling on September 26, James Omotosho, judge of a federal high court, issued an order directing the president of the NMA to constitute an investigative panel to ascertain the defendant’s health status.

Omotosho gave the directive while ruling on an application seeking to move Kanu from the Department of State Services (DSS) custody to the National Hospital in the federal capital territory (FCT) for treatment.

The IPOB leader had claimed that his health had deteriorated in detention, citing medical reports that revealed liver and pancreatic complications, a lump under his armpit, and dangerously low potassium levels.

However, in the report presented and read in open court on October 16, the NMA panel concluded that Kanu is fit to stand trial.

Kanu has now filed a fresh suit before the high court of the federal capital territory (FCT), seeking, among others, an order for fresh medical examination by a different team of experts. Thecable