A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu to have maximum possible comfort while in their custody.
Mr Kanu is to be allowed to have change of clothes, medical attention and religious practice, Justice Binta Nyako ruled.
The court held session for abridgement of time.
Nyako ruled that further hearing of the case would be on January 19 as opposed to January 18, following a plea.
The court will hold hearing for pending applications which includes the jurisdiction of the court and competence of the charge.
Kanu’s lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor had approached the court with an application seeking an order of the court to accommodate the trial in November and December this year instead of January 19.
Counsel to the Federal Government Shuaib Labaran, however, told the court that a counter affidavit opposing the request by the Federal Government had been filed and served on Kanu.
Nyako, however, caught in and informed Kanu’s lawyer that the application for time abridgement cannot be considered because there is no judicial time for such an issue.
Following the insistence, Nyako agreed to shift other cases slated for January 18 to accommodate the trial which will last till January 19 and 20.
Kanu, who is facing charges bordering on alleged terrorism and treasonable felony, was not in court on Thursday.
