Court remands Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody and adjourns trial till November 10

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to be moved from DSS custody to Kuje Correctional Service Centre. This is the second time Kanu’s request has been turned down by the court.

At the court session on Thursday, October 21,the embattled IPOB leader pleaded not guilty to an amended seven-count charge bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism preferred against him by the federal government. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his lead counsel however asked the court to transfer him from the custody of the DSS to Kuje prison. The presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, refused the application and adjourned the case till November 10.