Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- Biafra agitator Nnamdi Kanu has waived his right to enter defence in his terrorism trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Mr Kanu announced this decision at the resumed hearing in the case on Monday fixed for him to open his defence.

It is the first major legal decision Mr Kanu has taken in the trial since taking over his own defence after suddenly sacking his lawyers last Thursday.

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) told the judge, James Omotosho, that he had reviewed the case of the prosecution and found it was not worth defending.

Mr Kanu, who is being tried for his violence-inciting campaigns for the independence of Nigeria's South-east and parts of neighbouring states as Biafra,...