Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, was in court on Tuesday in solidarity with IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, whose hearing was set to commence befo
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, was in court on Tuesday in solidarity with IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, whose hearing was set to commence before Justice Nyako. Shortly after, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was granted bail with very stiff conditions but he however rejected the bail granted to him. A source close said that Kanu vowed to remain in Kuje prisons with his co-accused persons.
In her ruling, the judge had ordered Kanu to provide three sureties one of who must be a serving senator, a jewish religious leader and highly respected person. She held that they must own property anywhere in Abuja, but put the bail bond at N100 million for each surety. Justice Nyako also ordered the IPOB leader never to grant any press interview pending the outcome of his trial. Noting that Kanu should not be in a gathering of more than 10 persons, the judge warned that the bail granted the IPOB leader would be revoked if any of the orders are flouted.
The Biafra agitator was granted bail on health grounds by Justice Binta Nyako. However, bail was refused his co-accused persons; Mazi Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi. Kanu made it clear that these other three persons were arrested because of him (Nnamdi) and as such he won’t abandon them there, saying that he is ready to stay and die at Kuje Prisons.
Meanwhile, IPOB has reacted to the bail conditions, describing them as childish. In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Comrade Emma Powerful, he said the bail conditions were designed by politicians. The statement reads: “The indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB and its leadership worldwide commend those who put pressure on Nigerian Government and her judiciary to release our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention illegally since October 2015.
“The bail conditions which are most probably designed by politicians who are afraid of our leader’s popularity is too inhuman, childish and stringent. The oppressors are afraid of our leader’s popularity and they hope to cage him through this funny bail condition, we are not excited, we demand the release of our members detained alongside him.
“It is unacceptable to the entire members of IPOB worldwide that the presiding judge Hon. Justice Binta Nyako attached condition towards the release of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The Federal Government and their judiciary through justice Binta Nyako banned Mazi Nnamdi Kanu not to grant press interview, not to sit with more than 10 people or have any gathering.
“However, granting conditional release to our leader is unacceptable to us because he didn’t commit any crime against humanity or Nigerian state, so we wonder why Binta Nyako would prefer to attach conditional release him. Again, justice Binta Nyako refused to grant Mazi Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi bail who has been detained with our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since almost two years.
“We also thank the civilized nations in United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, American Government, Israeli Government, Russian Government, European Union and others who prevail upon the Nigerian Government and her judiciary to grant our leader bail. We also want them to pressure on Nigerian Government and her judiciary to release other three members who are still in Kuje prison Abuja.”
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