The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has fixed Monday, July 26, 2021, as presumption of the trial of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who was extradited from outside the country.
Kanu was extradited through the help of INTERPOL as made known by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, on Tuesday, in a press conference to journalists.
Lawyer to the Federal Government, S. M. Labaran, said Mazi Kanu was arrested through intelligence and collaborative efforts of security agencies.
Labaran was, however, silent on where and how he was arrested.
Following Labaran’s ex-parte application, Justice Binta Nyako ordered that Kanu, who was brought to court in handcuffs and hooded before the court’s sitting, be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Justice Nyako granted an accelerated hearing by bringing the charge pending against him from the earlier adjourned date of October 20 to July 26 and 27.
At the conclusion of proceedings, the DSS operatives who brought him to court, sneaked him away, using the judge’s access stairs.
Earlier at a press briefing, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, disclosed that Nnamdi Kanu was arrested on Sunday June 27, 2021.
At the joint briefing with heads of DSS and police, Malami said Kanu would be returned to court to continue with his trial.
He will continue the trial against him bordering on treasonous felony, terrorism and unlawful organisation of assembly.