(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 26, 2017 Political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, Nnamdi Kanu, wears a Jewish prayer shawl as he leave his house in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, to meet veterans of the Nigerian civil war, whose 50th anniversary will be commemorated on May 30. - A Nigerian separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, whose whereabouts were unknown, has been arrested to face trial, the country's justice minister said on June 29, 2021. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
July 26, 2021
Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu to October 21, 2021 following his absence.
Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the trial on Monday at the resumption of proceedings at the court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The trial suffered a setback after the Department of State Services (DSS) failed to produce Kanu in court.
Justice Nyako faulted the action of the security outfit, noting that she had stayed back in her chambers waiting for the defendant to be in court.
She asked the prosecution to be diligent with dates whenever she gives one, stressing that it was important for Kanu to be present at his trial.
Earlier on monday, security was beefed up around Court ahead of the resumption of the trial.
Kanu was first arrested by Nigerian authorities in 2015 on an 11-count charge bordering on “terrorism, treasonable felony, managing an unlawful society, publication of defamatory matter, illegal possession of firearms and improper importation of goods, among others.”
Former Governor of old Anambra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, was among those attending the trial.
