Biafra: Court Grants DSS Order To Remand IPOB's Nnamdi Kanu Till...

The federal high court in Abuja has granted a request by the Department of State Services (DSS) to remand Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), till July 26.

The court granted the order on Tuesday morning when Kanu was re-arraigned on charges bothering on alleged treason.

Binta Nyako, the presiding judge, said he is to be remanded in DSS custody pending the determination of his trial.

The 54-year-old appeared in court without his lawyer or any member of his defence team.

Perhaps the biggest threat to the tranquillity of the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria is the so-called ‘unknown gunmen’.

These lawbreakers continue to terrorise and wreak havoc on that eastern axis. Security facilities, officers (police and soldiers), and some Northerners have been targets.

Bizarrely, anytime these gunmen strike, social media is dominated by the term 'unknown gunmen’. This claim has been consistent with narrations on the social media pages of persons with apparent Biafra agitation leaning. Some people view this as a calculated campaign to absolve the proscribed IPOB of culpability in the increased criminality being witnessed in the South-South and South-East regions.

IPOB is a controversial group canvassing for the secession and sovereignty of Eastern Nigeria.

More than 50 years after the Nigerian Civil War ended, the struggle to keep the dream of a separate Biafra state alive continues.

The 'Unknown Gunmen' campaign gained momentum on Twitter and Facebook around the period Kanu formally announced the formation of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). IPOB hierarchy stressed that the majority of the activities of ESN will be in the bush, where the murderous Fulanis brutally attack farmers and rape women.

While Kanu said that the ESN was created to safeguard lives and properties, authorities in Nigeria have continued to finger them in attacks on government facilities and politicians' properties.