Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Senior Counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, has voiced concern that the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) may die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
This was his submission during the Supreme Court hearing.
Ozekhome stated that Kanu’s health has deteriorated and that he need surgery.
Ozekhome requested that the court order Nnamdi Kanu’s transfer from DSS custody to Kuje Correctional Centre so that he can commence treatment.
In response to Ozekhome’s petition, the Supreme Court stated that God will keep Nnamdi Kanu alive and that he will not die in jail.
The court said even if it proceeds to hear the appeal, there is no space within its calendar to write and deliver the verdict within the 90-day deadline.
The Supreme Court added that the court will hear all the motions in the case on the resumption of hearing on September 14.
Kanu had approached the court to appeal the verdict of the Appeal Court stopping his release from the custody of the DSS.
The Court of Appeal had earlier granted a stay of execution on its verdict which discharged Kanu of terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government.
In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, the Appeal Court granted the application filed by the Federal Government pending the hearing and determination of the appeal before the Supreme Court.