The Nigerian government has put forward its amended seven-count charges against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The fresh charges border on treasonable felony and terrorism following the pending charges he was facing since 2016.
Amongst the charges, the Department of State Services (DSS) accused Kanu of describing President Muhammadu Buhari as “as a paedophile, a terrorist, an idiot and an embodiment of evil”.
Meanwhile, the court has issued hearing notice in the case, which is billed to commence on Thursday, October 21.
The full charges below; “Count One: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male adult of Afaraukwu lbeku Umahia North Local Government Area of Abia State being the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
On diverse dates in 2014 and 2015 in London, United Kingdom, did broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu and other areas within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court
Preparations made by you and others now at large for states in the South-East and South-South zones and other communities in Kogi and Benue States
To secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria with a view to constituting same into the Republic of Biafra and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 41(c) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP. C77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
