Friday 29 January 2016

Kanu to remain in jail;Court denies Nnamdi Kanu bail.

A Federal High Court sitting  in Abuja on today,Friday turned down a bail request by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Justice John Tsoho, in rejecting their bail application, held that they were not entitled to bail as they failed to show that they would not continue to commit the alleged crime for which they were being prosecuted.

The court held that rather than contradict the allegations leveled against them in the counter-affidavit filed by the prosecution in opposition to their bail application, they only went on to insist that the agitation for Biafra was within their right. The judge also ruled that Kanu’s admission that he was a dual citizen of Nigeria and Britain further heightened the possibility of him jumping bail.
The judge ruled that rather than grant him bail‎, he would order an accelerated hearing of the case with the possibility of hearing it on daily basis.
He then ordered that the accused persons should remain in Kuje prison throughout their trial.
The trail is adjourned till February 9, 10, 11 and 12.

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