The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu and three other pro-Biafra agitators, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, have been denied bail by Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Nyako stated that charges filed against them by the Federal government are “very serious in nature and can attract life imprisonment” if proven so by the government. In her ruling on Thursday, Justice Nyako held that charges against the defendants “are very serious in nature” and, therefore, not ordinarily bailable. She said, “The offences are serious in nature and carry very severe punishment if proven. I hereby, therefore, refuse bail of the applicants. But in the alternative, I hereby order accelerated trial of this matter to almost commence immediately, but not later than two months.Irrespective of what the charge is, the court has to exercise its discretion one way or the other”. Nyako also dismissed contention by the defendants that President Muhammadu Buhari had openly directed that they should not be released on bail.
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