Again, court denies Nnamdi Kanu bail on terrorism charges

Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant bail to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in the terrorism charges against him.

Justice Binta Nyako declined to grant Kanu bail on the ground that the earlier application he filed had been refused.

The court held that the only option opened to Kanu was to go to the Court of Appeal to challenge the earlier refusal.

The Judge also refused to give unfettered access to just anybody to visit Kanu in custody for security reasons.

Kanu had on February 26 applied for a fresh bail and predicated his request mainly on the ground that he may not be able to put up a good defence in the charges against him unless admitted to bail to have unfettered access to his lawyers.

He also claimed to be suffering from acute hypertension and acute heart disease, among others.

The federal government, however, objected to the request because Kanu was once granted bail but jumped and fled the country.

Justice Nyako asked the defendant to proceed to Court of Appeal to ventilate his anger against the earlier decision of the Court rather than coming back with the same request.

Meanwhile, the federal government being represented at the proceedings by Adegboyega Awomolo SAN is pressing for opening of the trial in the terrorism charges.