As part of the court proceedings continue, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for the ruling by the court on his request for bail.
He was brought to the courtroom by fully armed stern-looking operatives of the Department of the State Service, DSS, around 10:12 am.
Dressed in his designer Fendi attire, the incarcerated leader was welcomed into the courtroom by Mike Ozekhome (SAN) who is leading his legal team. Though, looking unruffled, one of his senior brothers wept after hugging him for close to a minute to exchange pleasantries.
After the exchange of pleasantries with his relations and lawyers in the courtroom, the Biafran leader, beaming with smiles opted for photographs with his sympathizers.
Meanwhile, Justice Binta Nyako is expected in the court to deliver a ruling on the bail request.
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The judge had on April 8 fixed today for ruling after Ozekhome had pleaded with the court to admit his client while Federal Government lawyer, Shuaibu Labaran, raised vehement objection on the ground that Kanu was a flight risk and has a history of jumping bail to escape justice.
On dismissing his bail application, the court noted that Kanu’s trial had since 2015, suffered various setbacks owing to over 19 interlocutory applications that have been filed in the matter.
It, therefore, implored the parties to allow the case to proceed to trial to enable the charge to be determined.
Kanu had in the application he filed pursuant to sections 6(6) and 36(5) and (6) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, as well as sections 161, 162, 163 and 165 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, prayed the court to release him on bail, pending by determination of the charge against him.
Kanu had been arraigned in an Abuja Magistrate Court for the first time for charges of “criminal conspiracy, intimidation and membership of an illegal organisation” by Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS).