Biafra: Kanu refuses to remove handcuffs, step down from van

A mild drama took place within the premises of
the Federal High Court in Abuja this morning, as the
detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,
Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, whose trial is billed to commence
today, refused to remove his handcuffs.
It took the intervention of his lead counsel, Chief Chuks
Muoma, SAN, to persuade Kanu to step-down from the
prison van that brought him to court for trial.
Though he eventually succumbed to persuasion by his
lawyer to alight from the prison van, however, Kanu,
swore that he would not allow anybody to remove the
handcuffs which he wore into the courtroom.
Meantime, trial Justice John Tsoho who is scheduled to
hear the testimony of witnesses the federal government
will bring before the court today to testify against Kanu,
has stood down the matter.