The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused an application the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu, who is facing a 10-count terrorism charge, filed to be transferred to Kuje prison.

Mamu, who was on April 27, 2023, denied bail by the court, had through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Abdul Mohammed, SAN, begged the trial court to relocate him from the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS, where he is currently being held, to prison custody.

The defendant, among other things, alleged that an order the court made on October 31, 2023, which directed the security agency to grant him access to his personal physician for medical treatment, was not complied with.

He told the court that since he was detained, the DSS only allowed him access to his doctor once, during which he said a report of comprehensive medical examination to be carried out on him was submitted to the security agency.

Mamu decried that since the said medical report was submitted, he had not been allowed to see his doctor again despite the fact that he needed to urgently undergo a surgical operation in any hospital in the country.

He told the court that his health had since deteriorated, saying he may lose his life any moment if he was not moved out of the custody of the DSS, to Kuje prison.

The defendant pledged to always be available in court for the case.

However, in his ruling on Monday, trial Justice Inyang Ekwo, said the court took several factors into consideration, including the security situation at various custodial facilities in the country.

According to the court, the defendant failed to refute the claim by the prosecution that there have been rampant jail breaks in the country.