Justice Binta Nyako has ruled that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, cannot wear the Igbo traditional attire “is a” to court.
She had asked Kanu to indicate the type of clothing he preferred to wear after a complaint by his lawyer.
Although the IPOB leader said: “I want to wear the clothes of my people, ‘isi agua,” the judge refused to grant his request.
This was at the hearing on Kanu’s applications in his treasonable felony case at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The judge will rule on April 8 on Kanu’s application to quash the terrorism charges against him.
The court, however, ordered the State Security Service (SSS) to grant Kanu access to his reading glasses.
Kanu’s lead counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had, at the commencement of proceedings at 1.30 pm, complained that the SSS failed to allow his client to change clothes despite an earlier order by the court.
He also accused the SSS, in whose custody Kanu is being kept, of failing to provide his client with his reading glasses.
The SAN claimed Kanu’s sight was threatened by his inability to use his reading glasses since he was re-arrested last June.
