Biafra: Why Nnamdi Kanu's co-defendant fought Nigerian prison officerA co-defendant in the suit filed against Nnamdi Kanu by the Nigerian government on Tuesday assaulted an officer of the Nigerian Prison Service at the premises of the Federal High court in Abuja. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court granted Federal Government the permission to shield identities of witnesses billed to testify against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. Ruling on the matter, Justice Nyako, held that names of all the prosecution witnesses, who are mostly security operatives, would not be disclosed in any record of the court proceedings. She said the witnesses would be allowed to testify against the defendants behind a screen that would be provided by the court and fixed January 10, 11 and 12 January for commencement of trial. Reacting to the ruling, Kanu, who could no longer hide his anger, flared up again; saying he would in the course of the trial, expose things that would sink Nigeria. “This is nonsense. I will give testimony before this court. By the time I finish, there will be no Nigeria. This is no Sharia court. It is a court that operates under the common law. “There will be no screening of witnesses, no fake identities or fake addresses. I cannot be tried in secret. No. Nnamdi Kanu cannot be jailed in secret. They are mad. Why must I be tried in secrecy by a government that does not obey court orders? “They are killing my people in public. After killing my people, they want to try me in private? That person is mad. I won’t allow it,“ Kanu fumed. The IPOB leader is facing an 11-count charge border on treasonable felony and their alleged involvement in acts of terrorism alongside three other pro-Biafra agitators, Mr. Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.