Nigeria, July 18 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed 10 October to decide whether or not to free the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from the terrorism charges against him.

Judge James Omotosho fixed the date for ruling after Mr Kanu's no-case submission.

Mr Kanu filed the no-case submission after the prosecution closed its case in June, urging the court to excuse him from putting forward any defence and dismiss the charges. But the Nigerian government's prosecution team asked the court to throw the application out, insisting the IPOB leader has a case to answer.

The IPOB leader faces terrorism charges which stemmed from his agitation for the secession of the Nigeria's S...