The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja, to be transferred from the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) centre in Kuje. Kanu in the application he filed through his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, decried the denial of access to his medical doctors, saying he might die in the custody of the DSS if nothing was done to urgently address his deteriorating health condition. Specifically, he applied for an order of the trial court, to direct the DSS to grant him access to his medical doctors to carry out a comprehensive independent medical examination on his health condition, while in custody. It was reported that Kanu was arrested abroad, brought back to Nigeria on June 27 and subsequently arraigned on June 29, while the case was adjourned to July 26. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had insisted that Kanu was lawfully “intercepted” through a collaborative effort of various security agencies in the country. However, Ejiofor alleged that his client was illegally arrested on June 18, at the Kenyan airport, and detained for eight days by Kenya’s Special Police Force before he was handed over to the Nigerian government.