The Federal High Court will on Monday hear a motion filed by Nnamdi kanu , leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), seeking an order transferring him to the Abuja National Hospital for urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n
Justice Musa Liman had granted the motion ex parte praying for the permission of the court to hear the application during the vacation period in view of its urgency.<\/p>\n
Mr Liman, who fixed 15 September for the hearing, ordered Mr Kanu\u2019s lawyer, Uchenna Njoku, SAN, to serve all the processes and the hearing notice on the State Security Service (SSS) for the security agency to respond appropriately.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that the right to health is as important as the right to life.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd so I agree that this matter can be heard by the vacation court,\u201d Justice Liman, who is also a vacation judge, had said.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) \u00a0reports that Mr Kanu, in the ex parte motion with charge number: FHC\/ABJ\/CR\/383\/2015, had sought a relief.<\/p>\n
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Mr Kanu, in the motion dated 2 September but filed on 3 September by Kanu Agabi, SAN, sought an order \u201cgranting leave for the applicant\u2019s motion dated 1st September, 2025 to be heard before the vacation judge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giving an 11-ground argument why their request should be granted, Mr Agabi said Mr Kanu is standing trial before Justice James Omotosho in charge marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CR\/383\/2015.<\/p>\n
He said Mr Kanu, on 19 May, filed an application praying the court to admit him to bail pending the hearing and determination of the terrorism charge.<\/p>\n
The lawyer, however, said the said application could not be taken before the annual vacation of the court, hence his continued detention.<\/p>\n
According to him, while awaiting the resumption of the court activities, the applicant\u2019s health took a worrisome decline, necessitating the invitation of doctors for the purpose of carrying out a thorough examination of the applicant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe examination revealed issues with his health, including organs such as his pancreas and liver, as well as an emerging lump underneath his armpit and dangerously low levels of potassium.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe doctors have recommended that he be moved to the National Hospital as an interim measure to afford him medical attention and forestall further decline.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe applicant\u2019s health is seriously deteriorating considering the nature of his confinement, thereby making more pressing the need to bring this application and have the same heard by a vacation judge,\u201d Mr Agabi said.<\/p>\n
He alleged that a letter by the doctors to the director-general of the SSS, advising the transfer of Kanu had gone without answer.<\/p>\n
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He said the urgency of the matter had, therefore, \u201cnecessitated the filing of the instant application as a measure to arrest further decline of his health while spirited efforts are being expended to ensure his treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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