Federal Government Urges Court To Send Nnamdi Kanu Back To Prison

Following the recent activities of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is the leader of Indigenous People's Of Biafra(IPOB), the Federal Government has directed a Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail it granted him and send him back to prison.

Kanu and four other suspected IPOB members, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi and Bright Chimezie are being tried before the Federal High Court, Abuja on offences relating to conspiracy and treasonable felony.

The government argued that Kanu has not only breached the conditions attached to the bail granted him on April 25 on health grounds, he has allegedly conducted himself in manners that threaten public peace.

It cited Kanu’s alleged threat that elections would not hold in South East states until the Federal Government conducted referendum on whether or not Biafra should secede and instances where the IPOB leader addressed crowds exceeding 10 and threatened civil disobedience, as against the court’s directive that he must not be seen in a crowd of over 10 people.

The government, in a counter-motion, dated August 1, 2017 filed by Magaji Labaran of the Federal Ministry of Justice, urged the court to dismiss an application by Kanu, seeking a review of the bail conditions.

It noted that not only had Kanu not met the bail conditions and was enjoying the bail, it was an affront to the court’s authority for the IPOB leader to approach the court for the review of the conditions, having allegedly breached them.