A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled Thursday, November 26 for the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, with five prosecution witnesses lined up to testify against him.
ChannelsTV reports that copies of the hearing notice have been served on the prosecution team in the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
Justice Binta Nyako had revoked the bail granted the IPOB leader on March 28 2019 and ordered his arrest.
Nyako also directed that his trial on charges of a treasonable felony would proceed in his absence.
The judge, acting on an application by the lead prosecuting counsel, Magaji Labaran, anchored her orders for Kanu’s arrest and trial in absentia on the defendant’s failure to appear in court since April 25, 2017, without any reasonable explanation.
By ChannelsTV
