The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.
Kanu can only go on bail if he can produce highly respected and a recognized jewish leader, a highly placed person of Igbo extraction such as a Senator and a highly respected person who is resident and owns landed property in Abuja with each depositing N100 million (making it N300 million).
The trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako, who delivered the judgment on the bail application today, Tuesday, said that her decision to release Kanu on bail was based on health grounds.
She held however that the bail would be consummated only after Kanu has produced the three sureties and the N100 Million each as prescribed, including other conditions such as being barred from attending any rally or granting any form of interview as part of his conditions for bail
“I must stress it here that the defendant must not attend any rally. He must not be in a crowd exceeding 10 persons,” the Judge warned.
Justice Nyako insisted that Kanu who has been in detention since October 14, 2015, when he was arrested by security operatives upon his arrival to Nigeria from the United Kingdom, must sign an undertaken to make himself available for trial at all times.
Kanu was ordered to surrender his Nigerian and British international passports, even as the court compelled the federal government to return to him, his wedding ring and reading glasses.
Kanu’s co-defendants, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi were denied bail by the court which has fixed July 11 and 12 to commence their trial.
Meanwhile, Kanu has been returned to Kuje Prison pending perfection of his bail conditions. [myad]
