The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra resumes today amidst tight security as men of the Department of State Security (DSS), Nigerian Police and Army reportedly surround the premises of federal high court in Abuja.
Journalists whose names were not on a prepared list were not allowed near the court premises. There was unusual security check as staff of the court who arrived in buses were made to stand in a queue and were searched before gaining entrance into the premises.
The federal government recently amended the charges against Kanu, charging him with treasonable felony and accusing him of inciting violence in some parts of the country.
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In June, Kanu 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.
Meanwhile, a British envoy in Nigeria has reportedly arrived at the federal high court in Abuja for the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
This is even as Tariq Ahmad, junior minister at Britain’s foreign office, had said the UK asked Nigeria to explain how Kanu was arrested.
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While in the UK, he set up a militant arm of IPOB whose aim, according to Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, is to “halt every criminal activity and terrorist attack on Biafraland”.
Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s counsel, had said the DSS prevented his client from seeking assistance from the UK.
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