Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, fixed July 20 for judgment in a suit brought by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), seeking to access his medical records and medical doctor for second opinion on his health.

Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date after Kanu’s counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and counsel for the Department of State Services (DSS), A.M. Danlami, adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the suit.

Ozekhome adopted his process in an application of mandamus to compel the DSS to allow kanu unhindered access to his medical doctor, among others.

Kanu, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 2341/2022, is praying the court for an order granting him unhindered access to his medical doctors to enable them to conduct an independent examination of his deteriorating health condition, as earlier ordered by the Federal High Court, Abuja, in October 2021, and as required by the provisions of Section 7 of the Anti-Torture Act, 2017.

But counsel for DSS, Danlami, opposed the application, stating that records show Kanu is clinically stable.

He urged the court to discountenance Kanu’s application for the sake of justice and national security.