Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request from Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Biafra nation agitators, to restore his revoked bail and transfer him from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to either house arrest or prison custody.
Justice Nyako noted that Kanu had previously submitted the same request, which was dismissed due to lack of merit. In her ruling, she established that Kanu had previously violated the conditions of his bail by fleeing the country.
Additionally, the sureties who had guaranteed his bail sought to be released from their obligations, claiming they could not locate Kanu and were unaware of his whereabouts. Consequently, they were discharged from their roles as sureties.
Justice Nyako advised that Kanu’s only remaining legal recourse was to appeal to the Court of Appeal, encouraging him to exercise this right.
She disagreed with Kanu’s lead counsel’s argument that the Supreme Court had ruled that Kanu’s bail should not have been revoked.
After reviewing the Supreme Court’s judgment, she found no support for the counsel’s claim.
Kanu has consistently refused to stand trial in any Nigerian court, arguing that doing so would violate both the Nigerian Constitution and international laws.
He criticized the Federal Government’s counsel, Asiwaju Solomon Awomolo SAN, accusing him of engaging in illegal actions to prosecute him.
Kanu angrily asserted in court that he could not be tried in Nigeria because the Supreme Court had declared his forcible rendition from Kenya illegal.
He maintained that any actions contrary to the Supreme Court’s decision would constitute terrorism.
Furthermore, Kanu labeled Awomolo as a terrorist and dishonest for conducting a trial that violated an international treaty to which Nigeria is a signatory.
He emphasized that once a treaty is signed and ratified, it becomes binding law.
