Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has filed a ₦550 million lawsuit against the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and 10 medical practitioners, alleging that they issued a falsified medical report against him.

The development was stated by one of Kanu’s lawyers, Barrister Maxwell Opara, in a video posted on his Facebook page on Friday.

“This is FCT High Court, Abuja. MAZI Nnamdi Kanu has filed a N550 million suit against the Nigerian Medical Association and the 10 medical doctors that conspired and issued a fake medical report against him,” Opara said.

SaharaReporters in October 2025, reported that lawyers representing Kanu accused NMA of fabricating a medical report on Kanu’s health without conducting any examination as ordered by the court.

Kanu’s Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, outlined that the report presented in court was dated October 13, long after the court’s directive, leaving the defence no time to study or respond to it.

“That medical report we were served in open court today was dated October 13. This obviously means that the defence has no ample opportunity to react to it. It was more of an ambush,” he disclosed.

“Moreover, the court had ordered that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu be examined by the Nigerian Medical Association, but that examination was never carried out, and the order was entered on September 26 and restated on October 8.

According to Ejimakor, the NMA never examined Kanu as required but rather based its report on “informal meetings” held with him at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja on September 18

“That order was never obeyed. They never examined him. That report was based on some informal meetings they held with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as far back as September 18 at the DSS headquarters in Abuja, when they were invited to do that by the DSS.

“The court and the DSS are not the same. What we were served in court today, we are not sure of where it emanated from, whether it emanated from assumption or from the information examination carried out on September 18, before the court entered an order on September 26,” he said.

On Friday, Barrister Opara said the disputed medical report played a direct role in the court’s decision to deny Kanu bail.

“The court ordered that they should examine MAZI Nnamdi Kanu, but they never did that. They went and wrote what they called a medical report, and it was that medical report that made the court refuse MAZI Nnamdi Kanu’s bail,” he added.

Opara explained that, the legal team had earlier written to the NMA and the doctors seeking clarification and accountability, but received no response or indication of remorse, prompting the initiation of the lawsuit.

“Based on that, we had written to them, and they did not show any remorse. We have filed a N550 million suit against the Nigerian Medical Association and other medical doctors,” he said.

The lawsuit added a new layer to the long-running legal battle surrounding Kanu, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since June 2021 following his controversial return to Nigeria and subsequent trial on charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony.