The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was on Wednesday brought to court by officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) for his trial.
Kanu was brought into the courtroom amid heavy security.
This was made known by Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Kanu adding that the IPOB leader arrived court at about 7am on Wednesday.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported how DSS operatives denied journalists access to the courtroom where Kanu’s trial will be held.
Heavily armed security operatives have turned back journalists from entering the court premises.
The hooded operatives reportedly barred both print and broadcast Journalists from major media organisations from entering the court premises.
“We are working on instruction. We can’t let you people in”, one of the operatives told newsmen.
Similarly, some lawyers and Igbo traditional rulers that arrived at the court were also turned back.
Other security agents on the ground include men of the Nigerian Police Force, and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Officials of the court had after a meeting it held with leaders of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, NAJUC, on Tuesday, disclosed that Justice Nyako insisted that she would only allow five journalists into the courtroom.
Meanwhile, a five-man list, comprising of journalists from the Print, Television, Radio and Online news outlets had been earlier submitted to the court.
