Security at the Supreme Court is watertight ahead of the judgment on the appeal filed by the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu.
Mr Kanu has been in detention since June 2021 when he was re-arrested in Kenya and the federal government was alleged to have extradited him to Nigeria.
He was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a four-count charge of treasonable felony, conspiracy to commit treasonable felony, terrorism, illegal importation of radio equipment, and defamation of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The charges were later amended to a 15-count charge on terrorism and membership of a proscribed group.
Justice Binta Nyako of the trial court had in her ruling dismissed 8 out of the 15 count charges, saying that Mr Kanu had questions to answer in the remaining 7 charges
Dissatisfied with the ruling, Mr Kanu appealed to the court of appeal
The court of appeal dismissed the remaining charges and ordered that Mr Kanu be to be released.
The court however then granted a stay of execution of its judgment after the federal government had told the court they are appealing to the Supreme Court.
Mr Kanu is now challenging the stay of execution granted by the court of appeal, which halted his release and the federal government is challenging the judgment of the appellate court dismissing the remaining charges.
