There was mild drama at Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, as Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu till January 19.
SurgeZirc NG gathered Kanu’s team of lawyers staged a walk-out over the refusal of operatives of the Department of State Services to allow some of them to gain access into the courtroom.
Kanu, who was brought into the courtroom around 9.52am, had shortly after his case was called up bemoaned the refusal of security agents to allow some members of his legal team, especially his lawyer from the United State of America, Bruce Fein, to enter the courtroom, according to PUNCH report.
The IPOB leader told Justice Nyako that Fein, who was handling a case for him in the US, was around to witness his trial.
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“I have an ongoing case in the US. I have not been allowed to see him. He is here to see me and to observe the proceedings.
“He has been to the DSS to see me, but they denied him access to me,” Kanu stated from the dock.
When asked by the Judge, if he was ready to conduct the proceedings himself, in the absence of his lawyers, Kanu said no.
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Recall Kanu, in June, was arrested and brought to Nigeria to face trial after he jumped bail in 2017 — he has been in DSS custody ever since.
The IPOB leader will now be re-arraigned on a seven-count charge as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.
