The Nigerian Medical Association has undertaken health examinations on the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu as ordered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The Secretary-General of the NMA, Dr. Ben Egbo, disclosed this to The PUNCH on Sunday.
Omotosho had on September 26 directed the NMA to set up a team of medical experts to assess the health condition of Kanu within eight days.
The NMA President was also ordered to submit the committee’s report for consideration on whether Kanu should be transferred to the National Hospital for treatment.
Egbo said the report had been submitted to the Attorney General of the Federation.
Egbo said “immediately the Department of State Services wrote to us, we summoned a committee of seven doctors with one coordinator, making it eight.
“We had the seven doctors from the seven geopolitical zones of Nigeria with different fields of specialty in Ophthalmology, Neurology, Urology, Gastroenterology, and other various areas of specialty.
“They went there, examined him (Kanu), and the committee wrote their report to us, and it was sent to the Attorney General of the Federation,” adding that any further inquiries be directed to the Ministry of Justice.
Meanwhile, Kanu, written to the World Medical Association complaining of serious health challenges and inadequate medical care while in the custody of the DSS.
In a letter dated October 3, 2025, and signed by
Kanu’s international counsel, Bruce Fein, who wrote the October 3, 2025 letter, on his behalf, and addressed to the WMA President, Dr. Jacqueline Kitulu, said his health condition had deteriorated due to insufficient medical attention, adding that he “has been detained in a Nigerian facility in solitary confinement for more than four years without a trial. He was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in June 2021.”
Kanu copied the letter to the Registrar of the Federal High Court, Abuja; the Department of State Services; the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria; and the Nigerian Medical Association, saying his health has reached “a life-threatening threshold.”
He urged the WMA to engage the NMA to so that Kanu can receive “the highest professional standard of medical care” and that “his medical providers are allowed to work without intimidation or interference.”
Kanu also requested the WMA, directly or through the NMA, to review what he described as irregularities in his medical records while in DSS custody.
The letter further sought protection for independent medical practitioners “from any possible retaliation for providing medical care to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
