Biafra: I will not be tried secretly, I was accused publicly And Will Be Tried publicly, (Says Nnamdi Kanu). Detail Here!

The trial of the leader of the Independent People Of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu took a new turn after a Federal High Court judge ruled on an application for secret trial by the Department of State Services (DSS).

After the judge over the matter, Justice Binta Nyako, made her ruling that witnesses in the ongoing trial of Kanu would be protected behind a screen, a vexed Kanu, replying from the dock said he will not be subjected to a secret trial by the federal government.

Kanu said: “I will not be tried in the secret, this is not a Sharia court, I must be tried in an open court!” kanu snapped back at Justice Nyako.
Continuing in anger, the IPOB leader said: “Buhari went public and he accused me in public now you he wants to try me secretly, I will not accept that,” Kanu said.

"He (President Buhari) has sent his sister from Kastina state (refering to the judge) to try him, he should learn to guard his utterances," he added.

Nyako had in her ruling on Tuesday, December 13, said: "It is in law that criminal trials be conducted in open court, but however it is not strange that some circumstances can warrant the concealing of witnesses."

Nyako also advise parties involved - counsels and defendants - to choose a date for a test run on the screening process.

She said: "I will want all of you to choose a date for us to practice how the screening will be conducted, so that you will not be taken unaware on the process."

However, shortly after her ruling the court room was filled with Biafra agitators mostly dressed in Jewish robes.
The agitators in their scores chanted: “No secret trial” inside the court room.



The chants continued outside, with prison and police officer making calls for reinforcement.

Shortly after the calls, a huge police van with hundreds of police officer arrived the court premises and guarded with masked DSS officials Kanu and his fellow accused persons were driven out of the court in a prison van.

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