The federal government has filed
fresh charges against four members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) being
tried alongside Nnamdi Kanu, the group’s leader.
The three-count charge which bothers
on treasonable felony was filed at the federal high court in Abuja, where they
are being tried, on Tuesday.
The IPOB members — Benjamin
Madubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, national coordinator of IPOB; Bright Chimeze,
and David Nwawuisi — were being tried alongside Kanu also for alleged treason.
But the absence of court in
previous court sittings has stalled the trial.
At the resumed sitting on
Tuesday, Shuaibu Labaran, the prosecution counsel, called the attention of the
court to the continued absence of Kanu in the trial.
He, therefore, requested the
court to hear the separate charges against the four other accused — which Binta
Nyako, the presiding judge, granted.
All the four accused pleaded not
guilty to the alleged offence after the charge was read.
The court adjourned the case till
Thursday, March 22, for further hearing, after Nyako warned that she will not
allow further waste of time regarding the case.
We had reported that Kanu
and his wife were spotted in Ghana by security forces.
He has not been seen anywhere in
Nigeria since soldiers raided his residence in Abia during the Operation Python
Dance military exercise.
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