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Photos From Nnamdi Kanu Trial In Court

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3 years ago

Oct 21, 2021.

Photos from Nnamdi Kanu trial in court can be accessed below.

EKOHOTBLOG has obtained pictures from the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday.

This online news platform had earlier reported that the IPOB leader arrived the Federal High Court, the venue of his trial over allegations of terrorism and treasonable felony, around 8am on Thursday.

Nnamdi Kanu was believed to be among a convoy of about six vehicles that were drove into the court premises by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS).

The convoy was led by a black Prado jeep, followed by two Hilux, two buses and other two other Hilux.

Before his arrival, security operatives including DSS, Nigerian Army, Police and the NSCDC had condoned off all entrances leading to the headquarters of the Federal High Court.

EKOHOTBLOG reports that Nnamdi Kanu is being tried before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court over charges of treasonable felony and terrorism.

It would be recalled that the IPOB leader, who was granted bail in April 2017, fled Nigeria after the invasion of his home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, Abia State, by the military in September, a situation one of Kanu’s lawyers, Alloy Ejimakor described as the “rule of self-preservation.”

This online news platform further recalls that on June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, announced that Nnamdi Kanu had been rearrested and extradited to Nigeria to continue facing his trial.

Malami added that the IPOB leader was “intercepted” days earlier but did not disclose which country and how the operation was carried out.

Although there has been no official disclosure about where and how Kanu was arrested, relatives and lawyers of Nnamdi Kanu have described how he was taken into custody in Kenya under controversial circumstances.