Nigeria, May 22 -- A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Thursday that the Eastern Security Network (ESN) set up by Nnamdi Kanu, the self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is an illegal group unlike Amotekun set up by by the assemblies of South West states.

An official of the State Security Service (SSS) made the distinction while testifying as the second prosecution witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of the IPOB leader.

The witness while being re-examined by lawyer to the prosecution, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), said unlike Amotekun that is backed by laws passed by the various Houses of Assembly of the six South West states, ESN has no law supporting its existence.

"ESN and Amotekun are not the same. I kno...