WS Justice Binta Nyako Bars Journalists From Using Phones To Cover Nnamdi Kanu’s Case

Newsmen covering the court proceedings
of Biafra revolunist, Nnamdi Kanu have
been warned against the usage of phones
and other camera devices.

Nnamdi Kanu
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High
Court, sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered
that all journalists covering the case of the
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu be barred from using
their phones and cameras.
The order came on the heels of Kanu’s
appearance before the court on Monday for
hearing. An operative of the Department of
State Security (DSS), dressed in plain
clothes, stood on the entrance of the
courtroom alongside three heavily armed
prisons officials.
The operative said the judge gave a fresh
order that no journalist should be allowed
into the court room with their phones.
“Madam (the judge) gave the order; she said no
journalists should be allowed inside with their
phones their cameras,” the DSS operative said.
It was, however, not clear if the DSS official
was acting on his own or on the orders of
Justice Nyako.
At the last hearing on the matter, Nyako
had accused the security operatives of
making a mole hill out of Nnamdi Kanu’s
matter.
The judge said the “overzealous operatives are
making this matter special.”
“There is absolutely nothing special about Nnamdi
Kanu, there is absolutely nothing special about this
case,” Justice Nyako had said angrily.
Kanu and three others are facing charges
for treasonable felony among others.
Alabatvnews.