A motion filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for the Director-General of the Department of States Services (DSS) to give oral evidence on his state of health has been rejected by a Federal high Court.

On Wednesday Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in ruling, held that fundamental rights cases are special cases “sui generis” which mode of commencement are affidavit evidence as prescribed under Order 2, Rule 2 of the Fundamental Human Right Enforcement Procedure Rules, 2009.

The Justice said that though there were various modes of commencement of action, including fundamental right cases, he said Kanu (applicant) chose to commence his “under the Fundamental Right Enforcement Procedure Rules that stipulates affidavit evidence.”

He ruled that after carefully perusing all the affidavits of the applicant and the respondents before him, he was of the view that there was no irreconcilable conflicts in the affidavits.

The judge, therefore, declined to grant Kanu’s application and was accordingly dismissed.

Kanu's Lawyer, Maxwell Opara had in the application, prayed the court to direct the DSS DG and the IPOB leader to appear before it to give oral evidence regarding the health condition of the latter.

Kanu, through his lawyer, had, in a fundamental rights enforcement suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1585/2021, sued the DG of DSS and the office as 1st and 2nd respondents respectively. He also joined the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as 3rd respondent in the suit dated and filed Dec. 13, 2021.

Opara had alleged that the health of his client was deteriorating in the DSS custody, among others.

However, the DSS, through its counsel, Idowu Awo, disagreed with Opara. He argued that while the judge had powers to call oral evidence of parties, Kanu’s lawyer had not shown how the doctors attending to his client were doing “quack” work.

He further argued that merely stating that the medical doctors his office assigned to attend to Kanu were quacks did not amount to conflict.

“It is important to note that the applicant has not denied the above assertion by the respondents neither has he shown by material particulars that the listed medical practitioners are quacks.

“The onus lies on the applicant via a further affidavit,” he said.

He prayed the court to discountenance the application. Taiwo adjourned the matter until April 13 for the hearing of the substantive application.

Bounceboune7:
Wetin buhari go do d scammer,he won't b able to explain

Trustedhands:
This Kanu doesn't realize what he's into. Thought his followers said UK would send mi5 to rescue him because he's a 'citizen'?

They could have injected him with different poisonous substances so that when he's released eventually, na that sickness he go dey nurse.

This will teach others like him not to allow their mouth run faster than their destiny. There are better ways to get something than insulting any voice of reasons that's not in line with your idealogy.

Proudlyomonna:
Let the SE leaders push hard to secure a political settlement for him,if the terrorist up north can be given a second chance why not mnk.
He has learnt his lesson,he was too proud and pompous,the leaders of Igboland told you not to bring your militia into the land but as someone who always wants to paint himself as in charge he told the leaders to shut up and went ahead to bring his brainwashed militants into our midst �.
Now he has lost control over them, trouble upon trouble is all they keep causing.

chiipink:
Okay.

Proudlyomonna:
Let the SE leaders push hard to secure a political settlement for him,if the terrorist up north can be given a second chance why not mnk.
He has learnt his lesson,he was too proud and pompous,the leaders of Igboland told you not to bring your militia into the land but as someone who always wants to paint himself as in charge he told the leaders to shut up and went ahead to bring his brainwashed militants into our midst �.
Now he has lost control over them, trouble upon trouble is all they keep causing.

Proudlyomonna:


Chipink them don ban your main moniker?
You don open another one so you fit continue to do your destiny, which is tribal gbasgbos �
Agadi nwanyi ne-enweghi sense��

Emdsa:
How long is this case going to linger

chiipink:



U and ur fulani terorist are the ones causing all the havoc in east..and the day of reckoning will come for u one day..
U and udele and ijele are curesed foreva ..
For the evil u are causing ..ur hands are soaked in blood..
The blood of th innocent u killed..with nigeria army and heardsmen will foreva cry on ur head

Proudlyomonna:


Hahahaha I am no longer afonja �
You have no business with anything connected to Igbo you can never be Igbo.
You are a fulani man claiming to be Igbo woman our women in Igboland don't reason so daftly the wey you do.
You will soon meet your Waterloo in the hands of your boko and bandits uncles ��

Trustedhands:
This Kanu doesn't realize what he's into. Thought his followers said UK would send mi5 to rescue him because he's a 'citizen'?

They could have injected him at kuje with different poisonous substances so that when he's released eventually, na that sickness he go dey nurse.

This will teach others like him not to allow their mouth run faster than their destiny. There are better ways to get something than insulting any voice of reasons that's not in line with your ideology.