IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu
The
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu might be in
serious trouble as the Federal Government has asked a court to revoke
his bail.
The Federal Government has finally asked the Federal High Court in
Abuja to revoke the bail granted the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of
Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, Punch has reported.
Kanu is being prosecuted along with others on treasonable felony
charges. The request was made on Friday by the prosecution through an
application it filed before the court and served to Kanu's lawyers.
The Federal Government hinged its fresh motion seeking the
revocation of Kanu’s bail on the grounds that the IPOB leader had
flouted the terms and conditions of the bail.
It would be recalled that Justice Binta Nyako had, in her ruling
delivered on April 25, granted bail to Kanu, but dismissed the separate
bail applications filed by his co-defendants — the National Coordinator
of IPOB, Mr. Chidiebere Onwudiwe; an IPOB member, Benjamin Madubugwu,
and a former Field Maintenance Engineer seconded to the MTN, David
Nwawuisi.
The Federal Government’s counter-affidavit filed in support of the
motion and deposed to by a litigation clerk in the Office of the
Director Public Prosecutions, pieced together Kanu’s alleged acts of
serial violation of the bail conditions imposed by the court.
It maintained that Kanu had flagrantly violated all the bail
conditions. It stated that the essence of the bail, which was for Kanu
to look after his health, had been defeated.
According to the prosecution, instead of using the opportunity of
his bail to attend to his health needs, Kanu went ahead to inaugurate a
security outfit known as the Biafra Security Service.
The prosecution said this constituted a threat to national security.
It also cited an instance of how Kanu allegedly incited his followers
“to disrupt, disallow and boycott elections in south East states,
starting with Anambra State governorship election scheduled to hold
onvbNovember 18, 2017, if the Federal Government failed to hold a
referendum for the realisation of the state of Biafra nation.”
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