The secret trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indegineous People of Biafra, IPOB, is expected to begin on Tuesday, after Justice Binta Nyako, controversially ruled in favour of an application by the Department of State Security, DSS, that the trial be held behind closed doors.
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has approved Federal Government’s application to hide the identities of prosecution witnesses in the trial of Pro-Biafran leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The controversies thrown up by the Amnesty International, AI, report released on Thursday is yet to die down.
The international human rights group had alleged in the report that the Nigerian Army killed no fewer than 150 members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, during various protests by the group between August 2015 and August 2016.
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been re-arraigned on an amended 11-count charge bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony and publication of defamatory matter.
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has adjourned till November 8, the case filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, against the federal government of Nigeria for alleged illegal detention.
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Charles Soludo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
