I prefer to remain in detention- Nnamdi Kanu

The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that he preferred being held in the detention than subjecting himself to a trial. He noted that the outcomes of previous trials had been abused or neglected by the Department of State Services (DSS). Kanu spoke during hearing of a fresh sixcount charge against him at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Kanu said:
“I will not have a fair trial in this very court because information available to me indicates that I will not receive fair trial before this very judge. “I will not, for any reasons, sacrifice the due process of law founded on the principle of natural justice on the altar of my speedy release from detention. “In other words, I will rather remain in the detention than subject myself to a trial that I know amounts to pervasion of justice.
“After all, previous orders have been made in my favour by courts of competent jurisdiction that my accuser, the DSS, failed to carry out.” But, prosecution counsel, Mohamed Diri, told the court that based on section 396 (2) of the constitution, the defendant had no right to object to being tried by the court until after the plea is heard. Justice A.R Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja countered the prosecution counsel, saying that Kanu had the right to reject the trial. “After all, justice is rooted on confidence,” he said. “If any of the parties has no confidence in the court, he has the right to say so,” the court held.
 The Federal High Court has charged Kanu alongside two others, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, in a fresh six-count charge of treason and managing the affairs of ‘an unlawful society.’ In the fresh charge, the Federal Government accused Kanu of plotting to split Nigeria, by creating a Biafra Republic with South-East, South-South states, and parts of Kogi and Benue states, as component units.