The hope of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) getting out of detention may have to wait
longer as the Court of Appeal in Abuja has denied his application for bail.
Kanu is facing treason charges alongside
two others, Benjamin Madubgwu and James Nwawuisi, at the Federal High Court Abuja
.
In its ruling however, a three
member-panel, led by Justice Abdul Aboki, held that the lower court was right
in relying upon Mr. Kanu’s dual citizenship, as a basis for denying his
application for bail.
The court said the chances of Mr.
Kanu returning to his other country was high, and that the laws of his other
country may prevent the trial from reaching its logical end.
Mr. Kanu had on May 5 approached the
appeal court through his counsel, Chucks Muoma, challenging the decision of the
Federal High Court to deny him bail.
Mr. Muoma had asked the court to
determine whether the ruling by Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court
was not an aberration of Mr. Kanu’s fundamental rights as stipulated in the
Constitution.
Mr. Muoma also prayed the Appeal
Court to determine whether or not Mr. Tsoho was right in making
Mr. Kanu’s dual
citizenship an excuse for refusing him bail.
According to Mr. Muoma, the ruling
was granted as though it was the first appellant alone that made the
application for bail.
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