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Copies of these medical records showing the applicant\u2019s subsisting health condition are hereby attached and marked as Exhibit MNK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat if the health condition of the defendant is not addressed most promptly, the defendant may die in custody, even before his trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanu also submitted that he has limited access to his lawyer, whom he said has to go through a \u201crigorous process\u201d of seeking the approval of the DSS director, which may sometimes take days before it is granted.<\/p>\n<p>The document also noted that Kanu can only be granted fair hearing in his trial, when he is \u201cnot remanded in the custody of his accusers\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has called on a federal high court in Abuja to transfer him from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Kuje prison. 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