Judicial Decay Laid Bare: IPOB Condemns “Circus of Injustice”
Bremen, Germany – October 9, 2025
The protracted and illegal trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), once again descended into farce on October 8, 2025, as proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja were stalled due to the absence of a Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) medical report.
The repeated failure to produce this vital document has not only delayed the trial but also highlighted what observers describe as the deep rot within Nigeria’s judicial and institutional framework. The episode underscores how political interference continues to erode public confidence in the rule of law, transforming the courts into arenas of manipulation rather than justice.
In its reaction, IPOB decried what it termed “a complete collapse of governance and ethics” in Nigeria’s judiciary. The group accused the NMA of defying a lawful court order that directed it to release Kanu’s medical report and of unethically submitting confidential information to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the chief prosecutor in the case, rather than to the court.
IPOB described the act as a “criminal breach of doctor-patient confidentiality”, arguing that the NMA had compromised its professional integrity to serve political ends. The situation, the movement said, represents a national embarrassment and a gross violation of medical ethics protected under both Nigerian and international law.
The statement further condemned what it called judicial complicity and prosecutorial misconduct, noting that Justice Omotosho, who presides over the case, failed to assert his authority in the face of open disregard for due process. According to IPOB, the judge’s refusal to sanction the Attorney-General’s office or to dismiss the case outright demonstrates the judiciary’s loss of independence.
The group maintains that the Nigerian state has procured an illegally obtained medical document but refused to present it in open court, an action they say confirms the government’s attempt to conceal evidence of torture and inhuman treatment inflicted on Kanu while in detention.
Beyond the legal impasse, IPOB emphasized that Kanu’s health remains in critical condition, citing ailments such as potassium depletion, sleep apnea, angina, and tinnitus, conditions worsened by torture and poor medical care in detention. The group accused the government of deliberately withholding authentic medical evidence to mask the gravity of his condition, labeling the ongoing trial as “state-sanctioned murder through judicial delay.” IPOB called for Kanu’s immediate and unconditional release, as well as for an independent international medical examination supervised by the African Union and ECOWAS Court, arguing that the Nigerian judiciary has lost every claim to impartiality.
Press Statement by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Date: October 8, 2025
Subject: Absence of NMA Medical Report Stalls Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial – Nigeria’s Judicial Rot on Full Display
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the supreme command of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, notes with utter dismay the latest judicial mockery that unfolded today, October 8 2025, at the Federal High Court Abuja, where the absence of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)’s medical report once again stalled proceedings in the so-called terrorism trial of our leader.
A Mockery of Justice and the Rule of Law
Today’s fiasco epitomises the complete collapse of governance and ethics within Nigeria’s public institutions. A court of law issued a clear order directing the NMA to furnish Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s certified medical report; instead of complying with judicial authority, the NMA chose to play politics and defy the order. Nowhere in any civilized democracy would a professional body openly disregard a subsisting court order without consequence.
Criminal Breach of Confidentiality by the NMA
IPOB condemns in the strongest terms the reckless and unethical decision of the NMA to submit our leader’s private and confidential medical records to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) — the very chief persecutor responsible for his ordeal. This is a criminal violation of the doctor–patient confidentiality protected under both Nigerian law and international medical ethics. By delivering a confidential report to the AGF instead of to the court or the patient, the NMA has disgraced itself before the world and betrayed every moral code of medical practice.
Judicial Complicity and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Justice Omotosho, who presides over this politically-charged case, failed to exercise the authority vested in him by law to halt this circus of injustice. A fair-minded court, confronted with such blatant prosecutorial misconduct, ought to have terminated the trial forthwith. The Attorney-General’s office has, by this act, procured an illegally obtained medical document yet refused to tender it in open court — confirming once more that the Nigerian state operates outside the bounds of law, morality, and decency.
Health Crisis Ignored
Let it be known that no hospital in Nigeria has successfully diagnosed or treated the life-threatening potassium depletion afflicting Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. His condition — aggravated by sleep apnea, angina, and torture-induced tinnitus — remains critical. The same agents who abducted, tortured, and rendered him from Kenya are now pretending to treat him. This travesty must end.
A Government Afraid of the Truth
This government’s refusal to release the genuine medical report only exposes its fear that the document confirms the severity of the injuries inflicted on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the DSS. Whether the NMA brings a “new” report or fabricates one tomorrow, the facts remain immutable: the Nigerian state has committed gross human-rights violations and continues to persecute a man whose only crime is speaking for his oppressed people.
The Hypocrisy of the Nigerian State
It is a cruel irony that while Fulani terrorists sack Yoruba towns and villages, a Yoruba-dominated judicial and executive elite — from the Judge, to the AGF, to the Chief Justice, to the President — are working in concert to persecute an innocent Igbo man who warned this nation about the same terrorist expansion now engulfing it. History will remember who stood with truth and who served falsehood.
Our Demand To Justice Omotosho:
IPOB demands the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in compliance with international law and existing court judgments. We also demand a full, independent medical examination conducted by an international team appointed by the African Union and ECOWAS Court. The continued manipulation of the judicial process and the suppression of medical evidence amount to slow, state-sanctioned murder. Moreover, Justice Omotosho lost every right to preside over this case when he failed and continues to fail to acknowledge the repeal of Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 which is the charging statute. Justice Omotosho is seating without jurisdiction and he knows it.
Nigeria must know that justice delayed is not justice denied but justice destroyed. The world is watching.
Signed:
Comrade Emma Powerful
Spokesperson/Media and Publicity Secretary,
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
