The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) panel set up by the court to assess the ailment complained about by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, 16 October, 2025, declared that the illness is not life threatening.

The medical team was ordered by Justice James Omotosho, to ascertain Kanu’s actual health status following conflicting claims on the issue by medical experts engaged by the prosecution and the defence.

In the panel’s report, submitted to the court by the prosecution team led by Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), part of which was read in the open court during today’s proceedings, it stated that the defendant’s ailment is not life threatening. The team concluded that Kanu is fit to stand trial.

Based on the information contained in the report and in the absence of any objection from lawyers to parties, Justice Omotosho said the court was convinced that the defendant could proceed with the trial.

Justice Omotosho subsequently granted the defendant six consecutive days, beginning from twenty-third October, to open and close his defence.