Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was today re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria over charges of treasonable felony and terrorism which the Federal Government amended last week to amount to a seven-count charge.
He was brought to court by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday unlike the last hearing date that they failed to bring him to court.
The Federal High Court rejected his request to be moved from DSS custody to Kuje Correctional Service Centre. This is the second time that Kanu’s request has been turned down by the court.
In July, the IPOB leader asked to be moved to the prison facility, alleging that he had been “subjected to mental and psychological torture” by the Department of State Services (DSS) in their custody.
At the court session on Thursday, October 21, Kanu pleaded not guilty to the amended seven-count charge bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism preferred against him.
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his lead counsel, asked the court to transfer him from the custody of the DSS to Kuje prison.
The presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, refused the application and adjourned the case till November 10.