The State Security Service (SSS) failed to produce Mr Kanu in court on Monday.
In his application filed by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on July 14, a copy of which PREMIUM TIMES obtained on Monday, Mr Kanu’s legal team said he would not get a fair trial if he remained in SSS custody.
“The fact that it was the State Security Service that arrested and accused the applicant for the commission of the alleged offences in charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 and still keeps the applicant in their custody, clearly shows that the right to fair trial of the applicant cannot be guaranteed.” The situation, he said, “would greatly impede the defendant’s constitutional right to unrestricted access to facilities for the preparation of his defence”.
It added specifically that Mr Kanu “needs regular medical observation” by his “medical specialists/consultants in cardiology”. Another order sought in the application is one “directing the defendant/applicant’s custodian, to grant access to his medical experts/doctors for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive independent medical examination of the defendant/applicant’s heart condition/status, while in custody”.
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