Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and members of the Nigeria Police Force have once again engaged in a show of force against the media.
The operatives, Punch reported on Monday morning, harassed and chased away journalists who assembled at the Federal High Court to cover the court proceedings of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
This will not be the first time the security agencies would treat the members of the press who are covering Kanu’s trial this way. Even lawyers were not spared in the past.
Senior Advocates of Nigeria like Mike Ozekhome, the Nigerian Bar Association, and Socio-cultural groups such as the Ohaneze and Afenifere had also berated the operatives for preventing journalists from exercising their civic rights.
Kanu, who wants to carve out the nation of Biafra from the South-East, is being tried for alleged treason, terrorism among others.
