The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an order permitting the masking of witnesses of the prosecution in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu.
In an exparte application, the federal government had sought the order of the court to call its witnesses without exposing their identity due to security reasons.
An order seeking witnesses to be masked and to testify behind screens was also sought from the court.
Counsel to the defendant did not object to the application.
Justice Omotosho granted the application as prayed.
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"We arrested Nnamdi Kanu with one woman in a hotel"
The Federal Government called its first witness in the case filed against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Kanu.
The witness testified behind a screen and wore a mask.
When the case resumed on Tuesday before Justice James Omotosho, a witness known as Oga AAA (not his real name) stated that he led the DSS team that arrested Nnamdi Kanu at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on October 14, 2015.
Kanu is facing seven charges of terrorism and is accused of belonging to a terrorist organization.
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