In an open letter to the judge on Thursday, Mrs Kanu expressed deep concern over her husband’s deteriorating health.
Favour Michael Kanu, the wife of detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has begged for the release of her husband.
She appealed to Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja not to allow her husband d!e in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
She stated this in an open letter to the judge on Thursday.
Mrs Kanu expressed deep concern over her husband’s deteriorating health and dismissed the medical report submitted by a Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) panel, which stated that Kanu was not suffering from any life-threatening ailment and was fit to stand trial.
She described the report as “disjointed and unethical,” alleging that it was presented by the DSS rather than the NMA panel the court had mandated to assess Kanu’s health.
According to her, the IPOB leader remains critically ill and in urgent need of proper medical care outside the DSS clinic, which she described as poorly equipped.
Mrs Kanu pleaded with Justice Omotosho to allow her husband receive treatment at any other hospital within Abuja, stressing that his health continues to worsen under current conditions.
“When your Lordship took over Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case in March 2025, I believed justice was finally at hand, having read about your impeccable reputation. However, with the recent happenings in court, I can only wonder if those attributes were exaggerated,” she wrote.
She also accused the court of unnecessary delays and indecisiveness, describing the current pace of proceedings as “a deliberate plan to keep stalling the case while the defendant languishes in the DSS dungeon.”
Mrs Kanu further faulted the government’s handling of her husband’s case, recalling that he was “tortured and subjected to inhumane treatment” after being “illegally brought back to Nigeria from Kenya.”
She questioned why Kanu is being denied access to better medical care when Nigerian politicians and elites routinely travel abroad for treatment.
“Your Lordship, even the President and Commander-in-Chief seek foreign medical care because they lack faith in Nigeria’s system. Why then should my husband be confined to the same DSS facility that contributed to his ill health?” she wrote.
The letter concluded with an emotional plea: “You once said Nnamdi Kanu must be alive and healthy to stand trial. What changed, Your Lordship? Why is his life not being taken seriously? My husband has been gravely victimized for too long.”