Nigeria: Kanu Pleads Not Guilty to Fresh Terrorism Charge, Objects Trial

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Nigeria: Kanu Pleads Not Guilty to Fresh Terrorism Charge, Objects Trial

[Leadership] The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to the fresh amended 15-count treasonable felony charge brought against him by the federal government.

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