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NIGERIAN officials displayed their characteristic disdain for the media by accrediting only 10 media houses to cover the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is facing charges bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony, illegal possession of arms, among others, before Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. But he deserves a fair trial, including the right to a public trial.
This threat to liberty was influenced by the government itself, although it never owned up to such inanity. But, it had all over it the full imprimatur of a regime that has not hidden its characteristic bellicosity and hostility towards a free press and the media profession. This, unfortunately, is embarrassing. The judiciary, seen as the last hope of the common man, should not be seen to be in cahoots with elements desperate to shrink the media space.
Unfettered media access to court proceedings should be guaranteed. The principle of ‘open courts’ means that anyone is allowed to watch most cases, and the media can generally report on what takes place – even if you do not want them to.
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