COURT DISMISSES NNAMDI KANU'S FRESH BAIL REQUEST, REMOVAL FROM CUSTODY OF DSS

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Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the detained Biafra nation agitators, requested that his revoked bail be restored and that he be transferred from the Department of State Services (DSS) to either house arrest or prison custody. However, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja denied his request.

The judge noted that Kanu had made the same motion before her and rejected it for lack of substance.

In granting Kanu’s plea, Justice Nyako declared that she had conclusively determined that Kanu had jumped the previous bail that had been set and fled the nation.

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The judge further declared that the sureties who had previously posted bail on his behalf had requested to be released and had been released on the grounds that they were unable to find Kanu and were unaware of his location.

According to Justice Nyako, Kanu’s only remaining alternative was to file an appeal with the Court of Appeal, and he needed to do so by going via the appellate court to utilise his right to do so.

The judge rejected Kanu’s lead counsel’s argument that the Supreme Court had decided that the earlier bail that had been given to him should not have been withdrawn. She said that she had read a copy of the Supreme Court judgement and had not seen the lawyer’s assertion.

Kanu further chastised, adamant that he would not face trial in any Nigerian court.

He asserted that attempting to prosecute him would violate both international and Nigerian legal norms.

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