On Thursday, 1st December 2016, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja turned down a bail application for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and three other accused persons. Justice Nyako denied them bail on the grounds that their case was sensitive to national security.

Following the ruling on the application for bail filed by counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the judge held that the offences the defendants—Kanu, Benjamin Nmadubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe and David Nwawusi–were charged with were not entirely bailable. Hence, she stated that the charge of treasonable felony, which hangs on the necks of the defendants, attracts‎ a life sentence.

It should be noted that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja is the third judge to handle Kanu’s trial after two other‎ judges withdrew from the case.

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