Nnamdi Kanu Case Summary
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, whose arrest sparked a wave of protests by supporters in Nigeria’s southeast, pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday on treason charges. Nnamdi Kanu last month refused to enter a plea when he was first charged with “treasonable felony”, arguing he had no confidence in the then trial judge.
Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, sandwiched between security operatives, leaving the court yesterday in Abuja.
But at a hearing before a new judge in the federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday, he denied a six-count indictment and was remanded in custody until a bail application on January 25. The prosecution alleges Kanu and others at large in Britain between