By our reporter 6.8.2026
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reminded a former secret agent Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, after he was arraigned by the Department of State Services Thursday on a four-count charge bordering on alleged terrorism-related offences and cybercrime.
The DSS told the Court that Mr. Ezeakolam directly and indirectly provided information and support to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“That you, Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, adult, male, sometime 2025 and 2026, at Abuja and Abia State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did directly and indirectly render support by providing moral assistance and disseminating terrorist information of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB, a proscribed organization, through the internet and your social media platforms, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 13 of Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022,” one of the charges against Mr. Ezeakolam read.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and the DSS requested Ezeakolam be renamed pending trial. Presiding judge Justice Umar agreed with the prosecutor and subsequently adjourned the matter until October 29 for the commencement of trial and ordered that Ezeakolam be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre.
The Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Nnamdi Kanu, was proscribed by the Federal Government in September 2017 after the Federal High Court in Abuja declared it an unlawful organisation.
The government subsequently designated the group a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism (Prevention) Act.
IPOB has consistently rejected the designation, maintaining that it is a non-violent movement advocating for the self-determination of the South-East region.