Nnamdi Kanu Trial; Lawyers Denied Access to Court(Video).

Security officers have surrounded the Federal High Court in Abuja ahead of the anticipated re-arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Kanu is scheduled to enter a new plea on an amended seven-count allegation of incitement, treasonable crime, and terrorism before trial Justice Binta Nyako.

As early as 4 a.m., security officials from the Department of State Service, the Nigerian Police Force, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Nigerian Army blocked all roads leading to the high court grounds, which is adjacent to the Federal Ministry of Justice Headquarters.

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Journalists and lawyers are now barred from entering the courtroom.

Moreso, though heavily armed security officers originally stopped court employees from entering their offices, they were later allowed to do so after they complained.
The FG had alleged in the amended charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, which was signed by a team of government lawyers led by the Director, Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mr. M. B. Abubakar, that Kanu had issued a deadly threat that anyone who disobeyed his Sit at Home order should write his or her will.

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DSS personnel with stern faces had explicitly threatened anyone who was filming or photographing.

According to the FG, as a result of Kanu’s command, banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, and gasoline stations were not opened for business, and vehicular movements were halted in the country’s South East region.It stated that the action was illegal and punishable under Section 1(2)(b) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act of 2013.

In shot video posted by TVC News, some lawyers Narrated how they were barred from entering the court premises.