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The Nigeria Union of Journalists has condemned security agents over attacks on journalists and activists during the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday. In a statement by Emmanuel Ogbeche and Ochiaka Ugwu, chairman and secretary respectively, the group described the attack as reprehensible and posing a grave danger to the safety of journalists and democracy. The union berated security operatives for failure to act in the face of violence and aggression against journalists. Recall that pro-government thugs attacked human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and other IPOB supporters at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Read Also: Terrorism Charge: Nnamdi Kanu Never Denied IPOB In Court – Lawyer The NUJ said several journal...

Despite the order of Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the Department of State Services should allow Nnamdi Kanu to have a change of clothes, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra yet again appeared in court on Wednesday with the same designer wears he wore when he was re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria in June 2021. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Kanu’s lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), on Tuesday drew the attention of the judge to the treatment his client was being subjected to in the custody of the DSS. This is despite an earlier order by Justice Nyako in December 2021 that the secret police allow the IPOB leader to practise his faith, have his bath, change his clothes and eat properly. Read Also: BREAKING: Court Adj...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned further proceedings in the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, till Wednesday. The adjournment followed Kanu’s complaint that the Federal Government failed to promptly serve him the fresh 15 amended charges it brought before the court. Read Also: Nnamdi Kanu, Asks UN, US, UK To Send Representatives To Witness Trial Kanu, through his team of lawyers led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, further accused FG of denying him the necessary facility to defend the charge against him. Ozekhome told the court that the amended charges were served on them barely 24 hours to the scheduled hearing. “My Lord, the proposed amended charges were served on us yester...

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, can defend himself in court. The group said Kanu will trash allegations levelled against him by the Nigerian Government. This was disclosed in a statement by IPOB's Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Sunday. The statement said, "We are the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra under the command and leadership of Nnamdi Kanu. Our attention has been drawn to the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria that he will not release our leader. "We know that this position by Buhari after he had earlier promised a delegation of Igbo leaders that he would consider their appeal to consider a political solution for Kanu, was not unconnected with the visit by some foreign-b...