Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the prescribed indigenous people of Biafra [IPOB] could be spending more time in detention as the federal government has reportedly filed a 7-count amended terrorism charge against him.
According to report gotten, the amended charge, which was entered before the Federal High Court in Abuja, contained all allegations against the IPOB leader that were earlier sustained by the trial court.
The federal government specifically alleged that Kanu who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) in Abuja, had in a broadcast issued a deadly threat that anyone who flouted IPOB’s sit-at-home order in the South-East region, should write his or her will (meaning the person is considered a dead person).The FG alleged that the IPOB leader had on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021, made broadcasts that were received and heard in Nigeria, inciting members of the public to target and kill Nigerian security personnel and their family members, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013. Also, authorities alleged that Kanu directed IPOB members to manufacture bombs.
Nnamdi Kanu had previously pleaded not guilty to the charge that was filed against him and therefore pleaded that he should be set free from all the charges leveled against him. the case has being scheduled till the 14th of November,2022 by Justice Binta Nyako for both Kanu’s team of lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN), and the prosecution counsel to address the court on the way forward in the matter.
