Gists By Sowore, Arrested, As Kanu’s
Revolution Now convener and activist,
Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested at the
Federal High Court Abuja as the trial of
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed
Indigenous People of Biafra resumes.
It was gathered that security agents
picked up the ‘Buhari-must-go’ activist on
the court premises during a Facebook
Live session on Monday morning.
There is tight security around the court as
the trial of Kanu, who has been in the
custody of the Department of State
Service resumed today.
Kanu, who was earlier extradited into
Nigeria from a foreign country, is facing
terrorism-related charges before Justice
Binta Nyako.
Journalists at the entrance to the court
are barred by DSS officers from entering
the court on the ground that they were not
accredited to cover the trial.
This newspaper had also reported that the
secret police barred some media
organisations from covering the trial of
the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, as his trial
continues today.
The PUNCH, The Guardian, Vanguard,
Daily Trust, Tribune, Daily Sun, The Cable,
and Daily Times, among others were
barred. Sowore’s Sahara Reporters was
also barred.
The media organisations the DSS
accredited are Daily Post, ThisDay,
Premium Times, The Nation, Daily
Independent, The Herald, National
Television Authority, Television
Continental, African Independent
Television and Channels Television.
The DSS did not give reasons for picking
10 media houses while barring others
from covering the trial.
A call to the DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter
Afunnaya, rang out, while a text message
sent to him on the action of the secret
police had yet to be responded to as of
the time of writing this report.