Tukur Mamu, a Kaduna-based Islamic preacher and publisher, has been allowed access to his doctor by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Allub Times understands that Mamu is being held over a terror attack on a Kaduna-Abuja train in March last year, which killed at least eight people and abducted others for ransom by bandit terrorists.
He is suspected of obtaining $120,000 in ransom payments from relatives of train attack hostages on behalf of Boko Haram militants. Mamu was also accused of having voice-note conversations with one Baba Adamu (a Boko Haram spokesperson) about terrorist actions.
To safeguard the prosecution witnesses, he is being tried privately at the request of the Department of State Services.
Mamu sought the court in a Motion on Notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/96/2023 for access to his doctor due to his deteriorating health issues.
He also requested that the court order the DSS to transport him for medical operations on the advice of both his Egyptian and Nigerian physicians.
However, the Federal Government challenged the motion in a counter-affidavit through its lawyer, David Kaswe.
He claimed that the DSS had a working medical facility and a team of physicians who could address his problem.
On Tuesday, in his decision, Justice Inyang Ekwo questioned Kaswe about whether the defendant was entitled to his physician.
He responded, “Yes, My Lord, he is, as long as it is within the supervision of our team (of physicians).”
Justice Ekwo, however, ordered that Mamu’s doctor treat him under the supervision of the DSS medical team.
“I make an order that the medical physician shall be allowed to give him medical treatment subject to the supervision of the physician of the prosecution. This is the order of this court,” the judge said.
He postponed the case until February 26 to allow the trial to continue.
