The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until February the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Mr. Kanu was re-arraigned on Wednesday on fresh charges filed against him by the Nigerian government.
On Monday, the federal government filed an amended 15-count charge against him, accusing him of various offences, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed in the course of his separatist campaigns.
Appearing before Justice Binta Nyako on Wednesday, Mr. Kanu pleaded not guilty to all 15 counts read to him when the case resumed at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The prosecutor said there were two prosecution witnesses in court for the trial to begin immediately.
But Kanu’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), objected to the commencement of trial, arguing that his client’s two pending applications must first be taken and determined.
