Court rejects IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s bail plea

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the bail plea by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

At the resumed sitting on Wednesday, Justice Binta Nyako in her ruling dismissing the bail application, said the court must first determine the reason Kanu jumped bail in 2017 before he can apply for a new one.

The judge, who dismissed Kanu’s move to challenge the terrorism charge, upheld seven counts in the fresh charge filed by the Federal Government against the IPOB leader.

Nyako said that the federal government, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, had been able to established some allegations against Kanu in counts one, two, three, four, five, eight and 15.

“Counts one, two, three, four, five, eight and 15 show some allegations. The court shall proceed to try the defendant (Kanu) on those counts,” she ruled.

After the review of the 15 counts, she held that about eight of the counts appeared to be similar and did not disclose action.

She, therefore, ordered that counts six, seven, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 should be struck out.

Nyako also ruled that the order proscribing IPOB as a terror group still subsists since the issue was still on appeal.