Abuja, Nigeria — November 14, 2025
Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has filed a ₦550 million lawsuit against the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and 10 individual doctors. He accuses them of conspiring to produce a falsified medical report that influenced the court to deny him bail.
According to one of Kanu’s lawyers, Barrister Maxwell Opara, the report was “fake” and submitted without the mandatory medical examination ordered by the court. Kanu’s Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, said the NMA never properly examined Kanu: instead, they held “informal meetings” with him at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja.
Ejimakor also criticized the timing and origin of the medical report, noting that the document is dated October 13 — well after the court’s September 26 order, and that the defense was ambushed with it in open court without having adequate time to review it.
Kanu’s team argues that the disputed medical report played a direct role in the court’s decision to deny him bail. They say they had asked the NMA and the individual doctors for clarification and accountability, but received no satisfactory response or any indication of remorse — prompting the lawsuit.
In previous legal developments, Kanu’s representatives had already accused the NMA of professional misconduct. They said the association breached medical ethics by failing to conduct a court-ordered examination and instead preparing its report from the DSS premises. IPOB also rejected an earlier NMA report, calling it “invalid, inadmissible, and ethically compromised,” alleging collusion between the NMA, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and the DSS.
This lawsuit deepens an already tense legal battle. Kanu has made several complaints about his health in DSS custody, including claims of medical neglect, falsified test results, and lack of access to independent medical practitioners.