For the second time in about three months, the Nigerian government has barred journalists from covering the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
At the last adjourned date in July, there was altercation between operatives of the Department of State Services and journalists, following moves to bar media coverage.
According to a DSS operative, directives are still being awaited from the trial judge, Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako, on how many journalists should be allowed to go in and cover the proceedings.
He said ”The instruction we have is that journalists should stay in their press centre from where they would be screened to go in to cover the proceedings after getting clearance from Justice Nyako, the trial judge.”
While the trial is on at the 5th floor, journalists were not allowed to move out of their press centre.
As at the time of filing this report, no journalist has accessed the courtroom.