Federal High Court in Abuja to rule on Nnamdi Kanu’s fresh bail application on Friday as prison officers bring him in handcuffs

Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, slated Friday January 29 to decide the application for bail of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and his co-accused standing trial for treasonable felony and unlawful possession of firearms.

Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra along with two others, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu, were being prosecuted on a six-count charge bordering on treasonable felony and unlawful possession of firearms preferred against them by the Federal Government.

Arguing the bail application at the resumed hearing on Monday, Kanu’s counsel, M.U. Udechukwu, told the court that the offences for which the defendants were charged are bailable and urged the court to grant them bail.

Udechukwu, who cited sections 158 and 162 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 to buttress his point, also added that the submissions of the prosecution in their counter affidavit were not sufficient enough to warrant the court denying the defendants bail.

In his submission, the prosecution counsel, Mohammed Diri, who is the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), prayed the court to refuse the bail application brought before it by the defendants.

He informed the court that Kanu had admitted that he is a British citizen and that he sneaked into the country, adding that there is the possibility of him sneaking out if admitted to bail.

Justice Tsoho had last week ordered that Kanu and his co-defendants be remanded in prison after a heated arguments between the prosecution, Mohammed Diri and the defence counsel, Chuks Muoma.

While the DPP wanted the defendants to be remanded in the custody of the DSS for security reasons and convenience in conveying them to the court for their trial, Muoma, the defence counsel prayed the court that his clients be moved to the prison for easy access.