WEDNESDAY- 10th November, 2021: The Department of State Services, DSS, today, denied journalists access to the court room where trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is expected to resume.
Kanu, who is facing a seven-count amended treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him, was re-arraigned before trial Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court.
Journalists and reporters had arrived as early as 6am at the court, which is adjacent the Federal Ministry of Justice, but were turned back by heavily armed operatives of the DSS.
The operatives, who barricaded all routes leading to the court, equally barred both print and broadcast Journalists from major media organizations from entering the court premises.
“We are working on instruction. We can’t let you people in”, one of the operatives told newsmen.
As at 8:23am when this report was filed in, the operatives had yet to allow any Journalist to gain access to the court premises.
Similarly, some lawyers and Igbo traditional rulers that arrived the court around 7am, were also turned back.
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were also on ground to ensure that no journalist is allowed into the court.
