Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Some protesters have taken to the streets in Abuja to demonstrate against the ongoing rally demanding an unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from detention.

PREMIUM TIMES reporters saw some of the counter-protesters at about 10.00 a.m., around the Labour House bridge in the central area.

Some of them were waving the Nigerian flag, with music playing in the background.

Others held placards with the inscription, 'No Pressure to the Rule of Law', to counter the demand for the release of Mr Kanu, who is facing terrorism charges that stemmed from his separatist campaigns for the independence of Nigeria's South-east region as a sovereign Biafra nation.

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