There is heavy security presence at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the Federal Government is set to resume the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

All routes leading to the court, which is beside the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Justice, have been cordoned off by armed security operatives.

Only those whose names were on a list held by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, were granted access to the court premises.The Supreme Court had on December 15, 2023, granted the FG the nod to proceed with the trial of the IPOB leader, who is facing charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony.The apex court vacated an order of the Court of Appeal that not only quashed the charge but equally ordered the release of the defendant.The IPOB leader, who was first arrested by security agents in Lagos on October 14, 2015, has been in detention since June 29, 2021.Trial Justice Binta Nyako, on April 25, 2017, granted him bail on health grounds after he had spent about 18 months in detention.Upon the perfection of the bail conditions, he was on April 28, 2017, released from the Kuje prison. However, midway into the trial, the IPOB leader escaped from the country after soldiers invaded his country home at Afara Ukwu Ibeku in Umuahia, Abia State, an operation that led to the deaths of some of his followers.