The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to constitute a team of medical experts to ascertain the health condition of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Justice James Omotosho ordered that report from the medical experts should be submitted to it within eight days.
The judge said the report will assist the court to decide on an application that Kanu be transferred to the National Hospital in Abuja for proper medical attention.
Kanu is standing trial for terrorism related offences.
Justice Omotosho ordered the medical team to visit the medical facility of the Department of State Services, DSS, to confirm if it has the capacity to meet Kanu’s health needs.
He held that the committee set up by the NMA is at liberty to make use of any hospital in the country to carry out its investigations.
According to the court, the committee should comprise between eight and 10 members of the NMA and should have a cardiologist and a neurologist.
More so, the court ordered that the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital must also be a member of the committee.
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