Separatist Kanu faces new trial in Nigeria under fourth judge


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  • Friday, 21 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: A member of the Nigerian State Security Service walks by the Federal High Court before a hearing of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, in Abuja, Nigeria, March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye/File Photo

ABUJA (Reuters) - Separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu pleaded not guilty to seven counts of terrorism and treason charges in a new trial in Nigeria on Friday, with a fourth judge now presiding over the case.

Kanu, a British citizen who leads the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, was first arrested in 2015 but disappeared from Nigeria while on bail in 2017.

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