A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to allow leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu access to doctors of his choice and medical records.
The judgement was delivered by Justice Binta Nyako in a judgment on a suit filed for Kanu by his team of lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN).
Justice Nyako said deciding who should be his medical doctor and access to his medical records were rights Kanu possessed despite being held in custody.
The judge however, ordered that any independent medical assessment or examination to be carried out on Kanu by his personal medical experts should be supervised by the DSS, with the whole process recorded and sealed for security purpose.