Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High Court in Abuja Monday fixed January 29, 2016 to decide on the application for bail for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu and his two co-accused standing trial for treasonable felony and unlawful possession of firearms.
Kanu, Director of Radio Biafra along with two others, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu are standing trial at the court on a six-count charge of treason and unlawful possession of firearms preferred against them by the federal government.
Arguing the motion for bail 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 are 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.
Justice Tsoho last week ordered that Kanu and his co-defendants be remanded in prison after a heated argument 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.
The Federal Government is accusing Kanu of plotting to split Nigeria, by creating a Biafra Republic with south East, South South states, and parts of Kogi and Benue states, as component units.
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