Security operatives have cordoned off some routes in Abuja as the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Thursday arrived at the Federal High Court for trial.
The IPOB leader was brought to the Court in a black Sports Utility Vehicles at about 8 a.m.
Security operatives barred journalists, lawyers and staff of the FHC from entering the Court premises.
From Transcorp Hilton through the Ministry of Justice and Abia House, a heightened presence of a combined team of Police, Army, Department of State Services operatives estimated to be over 3,000 can be seen.
Recall that the Biafran leader was reportedly rearrested in Kenya and extradited back to Nigeria on the 27th of June, 2021.
The secessionist was then arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako who ordered his remand in the custody of the DSS until his next trial date which were July 26 and 27, 2021.
However, the DSS failed to produce the Biafra activist in court on the said date citing logistics reasons, hence the postponement of trial to today.
Meanwhile, the UK representative had arrived at the court premises in a white Toyota Highlander around 8:03 a.m. on Thursday.
Kanu, who holds British citizenship, was arrested in June and brought to Nigeria to face trial for treasonable felony.
He fled to the UK in 2017 after he jumped bail.
Tariq Ahmad, junior minister at Britain’s foreign office, had said the UK asked Nigeria to explain how Kanu was arrested.
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.
