A group known as Concerned Nigerians have protested the blockage of the Federal High Court in Abuja by security agencies whenever the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is holding.
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The group, which described this as illegal, said the same is done for other “high profile” cases.
Its Convener, Deji Adeyanju, expressed this grievance in a letter to the Director General of the Department of State Services on Friday.
It reads in part, “We write, with great sadness, to draw your attention to the reoccurring and unlawful blockage of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by security agencies, particularly officers from the State Security Services, anytime Nnamdi Kanu’s case or other ‘high profile’ cases comes up for trial, as was observed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on October 21, 2021 when Nnamdi Kanu’s case came up for trial.
“You may note that section 36(3) and (4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, clearly provides that the court room shall be accessible to members of the public. However, contrary to the aforementioned provisions, your officers have developed the habit of blocking all access to the court courtroom, during the so “high profile” cases, thereby denying members of the public, including lawyers and litigants, access to the courtroom.
“Kindly be reminded that despite the deteriorating state of our constitutional democracy, we are still under a civilian rule where the Constitution reigns supreme over all persons and institutions. It is on the basis of the foregoing that we send you this timely reminder, urging you to direct your officers to desist from further desecrating or blocking access to our Courts, which remains one of the symbols of our democracy.”
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