IPOB’s Kanu loses bid for bail, transfer from DSS custody
Ejimakor and Nnamdi Kanu in court
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Taiye Agbaje
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), again loses his bid to set aside an order setting aside the 2017 order revoking his bail for alleged abscondment from trial on Monday at a Federal High Court, Abuja.
Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, dismissed the application for the re-validation of the bail by Kanu
The Judge also rejected Kanu’s request to be transferred to Kuje Correctional Centre if his application for an order vacating the revocation order of his bail was overruled.
Justice Nyako, who said that the court had severally decided on the issue of the IPOB leader’s bail plea, said the only option left for him was to appeal the ruling.
The judge held that any further application on this ground would be regarded as an abuse of court process.
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“I have found and held that the present place of applicant’s detention is a proper place.
“Any further application will be regarded as an abuse of the court proces,” she said.
Justice Nyako then ordered Kanu to enter his trial.
The court adjourned the matter until June 19 and June 20 for trial commencement.
The judge had, on April 17, fixed today for ruling on the defendant’s application to either vacate the bail revocation, be put on house arrest, or be transferred to Kuje Correctional Centre.
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