A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected the request of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nmamdi Kanu, to be transferred to Kuje Correctional Service Centre.
The court, presided by Justice Binta Nyako, adjourned the case till October 21, 2021, over the failure of the Federal Government to arraign him.
Kanu’s lead counsel Ifeanyi Ejiofor had asked the court to transfer the IPOB leader from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Kuje prison.
The IPOB leader claimed that he has been “subjected to mental and psychological torture” by the DSS and also complained that he has been denied access to his doctors.
In rejecting the application, Justice Nyako, said though the earlier remand order subsists, she will make an order for the lawyers to be given access to Kanu.
“No, I am not transferring him to the correctional centre. I am keeping him there (DSS custody) and I am going to make an order that you should be given access,” she said.
“But it is not going to be all comers’ affair; it will be regimented. You can’t get up at night and say you want to visit your client,” she added.
The accused has been in DSS custody since his arrest and extradition to Nigeria. He is on trial for treasonable felony.
