A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in prison.
Justice James Tsoho made the order on Wednesday after Kanu was arraigned on charges of treason and other offences bordering on his agitation for the secession of a Republic of Biafra from Nigeria.
Kanu, who has been remanded since October 14, 2015 by the Department of State Services, was arraigned along with two others –Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
The judge, in ordering the remand of the accused persons in prison, overruled the request by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Mohammed Diri, for an order further remanding the accused persons in the custody of the DSS.
The order came as a relief to the defence team, led on Wednesday by Mr. Chuks Mouoma (SAN), who had complained that the accused persons had been denied access to their families and lawyers since their arrest by the DSS on October 14, 2015.
A Magistrate’s Court, in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, had earlier granted bail to Kanu and also made similar order, directing the DSS to release Kanu to the prison authorities.
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