The trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, continues today at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Justice Binta Nyako has postponed Kanu’s case to today for further hearing after rejecting his plea to be transferred from the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, to Kuje correctional facility.
Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial: How Nigerian Lawyers Engaged In A Fight With DSS (Video)
The IPOB leader, who is facing charges bordering on terrorism, treason and others, is being represented by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
08:50: The Department of State Services, DSS, has again, refused newsmen access to the court room where trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is expected to take place today.
09:50: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu arrives the Federal High Court for the continuation of his trial under tight security.
Former Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is presently at the Federal High Court in Abuja to witness the trial of Nnamdi Kanu.
Anaedoonline.ng reports that the former governor arrived at 8.27am on Wednesday alongside lawyers representing Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Joseph Ojobu and Chief Goddy Uwazurike.
08:50: The Department of State Services, DSS, has again, refused newsmen access to the court room where trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is expected to take place today.
The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday clashed with an operative of the Department of State Service, DSS.
Anaedoonline.ng reports that the clash was as a result of the refusal of security operatives to allow some of Nnamdi Kanu’s legal representatives access into the court.
Angered by the restriction, the pro-Biafra activist protested the refusal before a DSS official.
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DSS brought Kanu into the court at about 9:52 am.
Anaedoonline.ng had earlier reported that reporters, lawyers and other observers have been barred from covering the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The journalists who had arrived at the court premises as early as 6am, were denied access to the courtroom by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS
It was learned that reporters from print and broadcast stations were turned back by hooded DSS officers and other security agents who barricaded all routes leading to the court.
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