Daily Dates Nigeria reports that the blockade by the security operatives was to restrict movement following the planned protest being spearheaded by Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The Three Arms Zone, Bullet Bus stop, Eagle Square, Aso Drive, National Assembly Gates and access road leading to Aso Rock were all blocked.

Many workers in the capital city from Keffi-Nyanya axis returned to their homes in anger after waiting for several hours and unable to access their workplaces because of the gridlock stretching from AYA to Mararaba in Karu local government in Nassarawa.

Combined security operatives of the Military, Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Corps and soldiers barricaded the Keffi-Nyanya expressway at different points making it difficult for free flow of traffic.

Most civil servants and business owners working in Abuja were prevented by the barricades mounted at the Nyanya-Mararaba boundary checkpoint at Kugbo.

Similar frustrating experiences were reported at Bwari, Dutse and parts of Kubwa and the Airport road as commuters spent hours in traffic jam while many of them were unable to access the city centre.

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The court, led by Justice Binta Nyako ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.

Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest in June 2021.

Delivering the ruling, Justice Nyako held that the court would only grant an accelerated hearing in the matter and ordered the prosecution to call its first witness.

Counsel for Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, expressed his displeasure over the ruling. He said the IPOB leader’s legal team cannot go on with the proceedings if not allowed to speak with their client.

Ejimakor added that it has been difficult to have a meeting with Kanu in the custody of the DSS, as their conversations were always monitored and Kanu is still wearing the same outfit which the court ordered to be changed.

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Ruling on the bail application, Justice Nyako said the issue of Kanu’s absence in court since 2017 should be determined first before his bail application will be entertained.

She added that Kanu breached his former bail conditions which should be determined before hearing a fresh bail application.

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Nnamdi Kanu was brought into the courtroom around 9.52 am, shortly after his case was called up express discontent over the refusal of security agents to allow some members of his legal team, especially his lawyer from the United States of America, Bruce Fein, to enter the courtroom.

He told Justice Nyako that Fein, who was handling a case for him in the US, was around to witness his trial.

“I have an ongoing case in the US. I have not been allowed to see him. He is here to see me and to observe the proceedings.

“He has been to the Department of State Services (DSS) to see me, but they denied him access to me,” Kanu stated from the dock.

When asked by the Judge, if he was ready to conduct the proceedings himself, in the absence of his lawyers, Kanu said no.

Meanwhile, counsel to the Federal Government and Director of Public Prosecution, M. D. Abubakar, urged the court to proceed with the trial in the absence of Kanu’s lawyers.

He told the court that the matter was fixed for the hearing of an application that was filed by the defendant.

Abubakar argued that since Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who was initially inside the courtroom, walked out with his team shortly before the arrival of the judge, his pending application should be deemed abandoned.

Delivering a short ruling, Justice Nyako expressed displeasure over the conduct of Kanu’s lawyers.

She declined to dismiss the pending application and rather adjourned the case till January 19 and 20, 2022, for trial.

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The Court has also refused the application that Kanu should be transferred to Kuje correctional centre. However, 3 persons of his choice can pay him a visit at the Department of State Service (DSS) facility.

This is a developing story…

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Ejimakor said this while reacting to a message he received which states that Kanu gave the order to youths while in the custody of the Department of State Services.

The message read, “Destroy Nigeria when I’m no longer there, my death can’t stop Biafra. I’m just one person out of millions of Biafrans – Nnamdi Kanu urges youths from DSS custody.

“I’ve been starved for three weeks, beaten and electrocuted, yet the more they torture me, the more my spirit gets high. I will die anyway, but Biafra will come.

“The good news of Biafra must be preached anytime, anywhere, without fear or favour.

“I’m here because of Biafra, I’m suffering here because of you. Don’t fail me, don’t disappoint me because, in the end, Biafra will come.”

Reacting, Ejimakor tweeted, “DISCLAIMER: Several persons have sent me the message below, asking if it’s true. Well, my answer is this: It’s NOT TRUE. I met Onyendu several times & he NEVER uttered such words. Pls be guided. Thank you.”

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Nigerian Government rearrested Nnamdi Kanu last Sunday and re-arraigned him before an Abuja High Court on Tuesday, June 29.

As a British citizen, Nnamdi Kanu is seeking an “unconditional release”, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

His legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in a letter addressed to the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, requested that the British authorities declare that Kanu is not a criminal.

Ejimakor also noted that his client only possessed a political opinion which the Nigerian governments are seeking to “suppress.”

The statement read in part, “We are solicitors to the British citizen, Mr. Okwu-Kanu (aka Nnamdi Kanu) the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on whose behalf and Instruction we write this letter to request urgent Consular assistance to be provided to him.

“He was intercepted in Kenya by Nigeria’s foreign security agents, brought to Nigeria against his will, and is currently being detained in the Directorate of State Security Services (DSS) custody in Abuja.

“Mr. Kanu is a British citizen who was traveling on a valid British passport when he was seized in a third country and forcibly brought to Nigeria.

“Based on the foregoing, we hereby seek that Mr. Kanu is granted every possible Consular assistance to which he is entitled as a British citizen.

“That Mr. Kanu be categorised as a high profile political prisoner and be rendered the highest diplomatic protection under international laws.

“That the Nigerian authorities be directed to immediately allow access to Mr. Kanu by his Lawyers, Doctors, and Family members.

“That the British authorities file a Diplomatic Note or other legal processes with Nigeria’s Federal High Court and the Office of the Attorney General indicating her sovereign interest in Mr. Kanu’s matter.”

Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock has earlier said the Commission is “in the process of seeking clarification” from the Nigerian government over Kanu’s rearrest, noting that the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office “stands ready to provide consular assistance.”

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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, made the disclosure to journalists on Tuesday.

Malami revealed that Nnamdi Kanu was arrested and brought back to Nigeria on Sunday.

Malami, said the arrest followed a collaborative effort between security agencies in Nigeria and Interpol.

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