House Of Reps Set To Debate Nnamdi Kanu’s Medical Condition

The House of Representatives has resolved to statement a question seeking urgent aesculapian involution for the detained person of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

The determination followed an involution during Tuesday’s plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, connected a constituent of bid raised connected the taxable substance by the subordinate representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Hon. Obi Aguocha.

Aguocha had raised a constituent of bid (order 6 regularisation 2 connected matters of privilege), stating that he’s yet to get a effect to the missive helium wrote to the House Leadership and the Federal Government, asking for urgent aesculapian involution for Kanu whose wellness information was reportedly deteriorating.

“I privation to gully the attraction of Mr. Speaker and the House that connected the 26th of August 2025, I wrote a missive to Mr. Speaker, the House of Representatives, arsenic good arsenic a missive to the Attorney-General of the Federation and a missive to Mr. President urging for the urgent involution requesting the deteriorating wellness conditions of my constituent, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

“Up until today, Mr. Speaker, I person yet to person immoderate effect from Mr. Speaker, from Mr. President, and from the Attorney-General. Despite deteriorating wellness of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been evaluated by his ain squad of doctors and came up with a study which was attached to the missive that was submitted to Mr. Speaker, to the President, and arsenic good to the Attorney-General.

“Second valuation has been conducted by the Nigerian Medical Association and the results adjacent further confirmed the deteriorating wellness of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that helium has organ deficiencies, debased potassium, and that helium is, arsenic we speak, connected the verge of death.

“Mr. Speaker, astatine the acquisition of the court, the tribunal instructed successful 8 days for the Nigerian Medical Association to besides bash their ain assessment. So determination are 3 reports now, Mr. Speaker, each starring to the aforesaid direction.

“I punctuation the judge. The justice says lone a antheral who is live and surviving tin basal trial. Mr. Speaker, this is not authorities oregon immoderate different thing, but it is simply a cardinal quality close that should beryllium ascribed to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Most different radical successful that spread person been fixed opportunities to adjacent question overseas to question aesculapian attention.

“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is neither convicted of immoderate crimes successful Nigeria and indispensable beryllium protected nether the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. So, Mr. Speaker, a batch of advancement has been made successful bid to spot that the authorities does the close thing, to beryllium capable to spend Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the urgent attraction that helium needs,” helium stated.

However, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, who presided implicit the sitting, asked Aguocha to measurement it down and contiguous the substance decently different legislative day, arsenic helium came nether the incorrect House rules.

“I bash not spot wherever your privilege is conflicted here…If it is thing circumstantial to the bureau of the Speaker, I find it a small spot intriguing that you would travel by mode of a privilege to request enactment to beryllium taken,” Abbas said.

Corroborating, the Deputy Speaker, portion noting that the taxable substance presented was important, assured the Speaker that the question volition beryllium presented decently earlier the House successful the people of the week.

Kalu said, “Mr Speaker, I’m besides from Abia State. On the contented that is being raised by my colleague, we volition contiguous it earlier the House decently successful the people of the week.

“We volition travel decently earlier the House truthful that due proceeding volition beryllium fixed to it. I beg that you volition springiness america the assemblage possibly time oregon adjacent tomorrow.”

Responding, Speaker Abbas said, “No problem, it’s conscionable the process that I was challenging not the substance of the issue. We volition beryllium consenting and acceptable to springiness you each the time to present.”