Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has granted permission to the federal government for its witnesses to give evidence behind camera in the terrorism charges brought against the leader of the outlawed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The court granted the request on Tuesday while delivering ruling in an ex-parte application filed by the federal government lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN.
The government’s counsel, while arguing the application, pleaded with Justice Omotosho that the identities of the witnesses needed to be shielded for security reasons.
He informed the court that the charges against Kanu bother on terrorism, hence the need to protect the witnesses.
The senior lawyer requested that the name of the witnesses be shielded from the public for the general reasons of security.
Due to no objection from Kanu’s lawyer, Kanu Agabi, SAN, Justice Omotosho granted the request.
Kanu’s lawyer, however, requested for similar co-operation from the federal government when bail application for Kanu would be argued.
