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Again, Court Denies Nnamdi Kanu Bail Application
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The push by the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to secure temporary freedom from government detention has suffered a set back as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday rejected his bail application.
However, the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, granted an accelerated hearing of the case brought against Mazi Kanu by the federal government.
Counsel for the IPOB leader, Alloy Ejimakor, had at the last adjourned date urged the court to admit Kanu to bail before the commencement of the trial.
Ejimakor stated that Kanu’s health condition was deteriorating, adding that his continued detention by the DSS was a threat to his life.
Ejimakor also argued that the continued incarceration of Kanu would not enable him to put up a good defence in the matter.
But the counsel for the FG, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), urged the court to dismiss the bail application and instead grant an accelerated hearing.
He noted that the Department of state Services (DSS) has a medical facility that could take care of him.
Awomolo also accused Kanu of once jumping bail, adding that he failed to declare on oath in the affidavit filed by his lawyer that if granted bail, he would not jump bail.
He was earlier granted bail on health grounds on April 25, 2017, after spending 18 months in detention but he fled the country after an invasion of his residence by the military in September 2017.
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