The Director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Prince Nnamdi Kanu, has arrived the Abuja Chief Magistrate Court to answer criminal charges brought against him by the Nigerian Government.
The court had ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce Mr. Kanu unfailingly before it today.
Kanu was earlier not produced despite court order as the prosecution counsel, Mr Moses Idakwo, told the court that the IPOD leader was not brought to court because of an application challenging the jurisdiction of the court to continue the trial, which was already slated for hearing.
Following the absence of the accused person, Chief Magistrate Shuaibu Usman ordered the DSS to unfailingly produce him today, November 23.
Prince Kanu is standing trial for alleged criminal conspiracy, managing and belonging to an unlawful society and criminal intimidation contrary to sections 97 and 397 of the penal code.
Kanu was arrested on October 18 by DSS operatives on his arrival from the United Kingdom. He was granted bail when arraigned before Chief Magistrate Shuaibu Usman but remains detained by DSS despite meeting the stringent bail conditions.
•Adapted from a Channels TV report. Photo shows Nnamdi Kanu.
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