Court grants permission for hooded witnesses to give evidence in Nnamdi Kanu’s case
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted an application by the Federal Government to shield the identities of witnesses billed to testify against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Justice James Omotosho granted the application after the federal government’s counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, moved an ex parte motion to that effect.
Moving the motion, Awomolo told the court that the identities of the witnesses needed to be protected for security reasons.
The senior lawyer informed the court that the charges against Kanu bordered on terrorism, hence the need to protect the witnesses.
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He requested that the names of the witnesses be shielded from the public for general reasons of security.
Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, who appeared for Kanu, did not object to the application.
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Agabi, however, requested for similar cooperation from the Federal Government when the bail application for Kanu would be argued.
Justice Omotosho subsequently granted Awomolo’s plea.
Meanwhile, the first prosecution witness, identified as PWAAA, had commenced testifying as the government formally opened its case against Kanu. (NAN)
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