A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has adjourned until the 28th of this month, to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of State Services, its Director-General and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
Kanu on behalf of his counsel, Maxwell Okpara, is suing the DSS and the AGF over an allegation of poor medical attention given to him in the detention facility of the DSS.
By the suit, the applicant wants an order of the court directing the Respondents to immediately allow him to appoint an independent medical practitioner of his choice from a certified government hospital to review his medical files.
Kanu is also seeking an order to allow him access to facility and material for the practice of his religion as well as to direct the Respondents to immediately remove him from solitary confinement.
When the matter came up for mentioning, it was discovered that the DSS was yet to serve it’s counter-affidavit on the applicant’s lawyer.
On its part, the office of the AGF filed a motion for extension of time within which to file its counter affidavit in opposition to the suit.
The judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo therefore adjourned the matter for hearing.
FRCN, Abuja
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