Nigeria, Nov. 20 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out the preliminary objection filed by Biafra agitator Nnamdi Kanu against his terrorism trial, clearing the way to give judgement on the merit of the charges against him.

Trial judge James Omotosho ruled on Thursday that all the grounds on which he anchored the objection were baseless.

Mr Kanu, who took over his defence after sacking his team of senior lawyers last month, had argued that denial of fair hearing, being charged on repealed law, and his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021 invalidated his charges. Apart from these, Mr Kanu maintained that he was also not medically fit to stand trial.

But the judge dismissed all the arguments of Mr Kanu, who is facin...