A fresh move made by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu for his release has suffered another setback as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja dismissed his bail application.
Kanu, who is currently facing a seven-count charge, had in the application he filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, challenged the revocation of the bail earlier granted him by the court Arguing the bail application, Ozekhome urged the court to set aside the order it made on March 28, 2019, where it issued a bench warrant for Kanu’s arrest and also gave the Federal Government the nod to try him in absentia.
Ozekhome insisted that Kanu did not jump bail but fled to avoid being killed by soldiers who allegedly invaded his home town in Abia State. But prosecution counsel vehemently opposed the bail application describing it as a delay tactics to frustrate the trial.
In a short ruling, Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the application on the grounds that the defendant was unable to proof beyond reasonable doubt why kanu defaulted in the bail conditions earlier granted him by the Court. Justice Nyako has adjourned till November 14 for further trial and to allow for the outcome of the appeal filed by Kanu’s lawyers
