Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have taken over the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja as the court is expected to commence the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, today.
All routes leading to the court, which is beside the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Justice, have been cordoned off.
Only those whose names were on a list held by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, were granted access to the court premises.
Kanu has been in DSS detention since June 2021 when he was repatriated from Kenya to Nigeria.
The appellate court had declared illegal and unlawful the abduction of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.
