A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charges preferred against him by the Federal Government
Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date after the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) filed a fresh seven-count charge against Kanu.
The judge also made an order that three people of Kanu’s choice should be allowed to visit him every Thursday.
However, Kanu’s plea to be transfered to Kuje Correctional Centre was rejected by the court.
Earlier, the DSS brought Kanu into the courtroom on the fifth floor of the high-rise building about 9:45am in company of heavily armed security agents.
There was tight security at the Federal High Court Abuja.
A large number of 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 Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
About 8:02am, a heavily fortified security convoy arrived the court premises, which appeared to be carrying Kanu.
Journalists, lawyers and litigants were seen standing outside the court premises as they were denied entrance.
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation filed fresh charges against Kanu bordering on treasonable felony and acts of terrorism.
There was pandemonium at the main entrance of the building as lawyers clashed with DSS personnel over refusal to allow them access into the court premises.
Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.
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.
The Federal Government arrested and returned Kanu on June 20.
On June 28, Justice Binta Nyako gave the order that he be remanded in DSS custody.
