The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu arrived at the Federal High Court amidst tight security on Thursday.
A heavily fortified security convoy, carrying Kanu, arrived at the court premises, at about 8:02 am.
Security personnel were deployed to the court premises and its surroundings to forestall any breakdown of law and order.
Entrances leading to the court premises were barricaded by a combination of gun-wielding Department of State Services (DSS) operatives, the Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence and men of the Nigerian Police.
As at the time of filing this report, journalists, lawyers and litigants were standing outside the court premises as they were denied entrance.
Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.
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He had been granted bail in April 2017 for health reasons but skipped bail after flouting some of the conditions given to him by the court.
He later left Nigeria after soldiers raided his father’s residence in Abia state in November 2017.
IPOB was subsequently declared a terrorist group by the defence headquarters and court after the South-East governors proscribed it.
On June 28, Justice Binta Nyako gave the order that he be remanded in DSS custody.
Counsel to the prosecution, S. M. Labaran also applied that the trial of Kanu that was earlier slated for Oct. 20 be brought forward.
