Nnamdi Kanu appears before court, pleads not guilty to 7-count amended charge
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to the seven-count amended charge preferred against him by the Federal Government.
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Kanu, who was re-arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja Thursday morning said he was innocent of all the allegations levelled against him by the Federal Government after the charge was read to him in the open court.
He was brought into the courtroom amid heavy security with journalists denied access to film or take pictures of the embattled IPOB leader while the trial was going on.
The security personnel, including DSS operatives, insisted that their action was based on “order from above”.
They made it clear that no Journalist would be allowed to enter the courtroom till the end of the proceedings.
“You people can go to your press centre and wait till the end of the matter, after then, you will receive a briefing on what happened,” one of the operatives told the journalists.
The trial was therefore adjourned by the Federal High Court till November 10 for further hearing.
