Nnamdi Kanu Loses Battle To Be Removed From DSS Custody

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by the detained leader of the Biafra nation agitators, Nnamdi Kanu for the restoration of his revoked bail and removal from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to a house arrest or prison custody.

The Judge on Monday said that same request had been brought before her by Kanu and dismissed for want of merit.

In a ruling on Kanu’s request, Justice Nyako said that she found as a fact that Kanu jumped the bail earlier granted him and escaped out of the country.

The Judge also held that the sureties who stood for him in the earlier bail had applied to be discharged and had been discharged on the ground that they could not locate Kanu and did not know his whereabouts.

Justice Nyako said that the only option left for Nnamdi Kanu was to proceed to the appellate court to exercise his right of appeal.

Kanu’s lead counsel, Alloy Ejimako said an earlier ruling of the Supreme court comfirmed that Kanu never jumped bail and hence, the bail granted him earlier by the court ought to have been upheld and not revoked.

He added that the essence of the fresh bail request and removal of Kanu from the DSS custody to prison or house arrest was to enable him to stand for a fair hearing within the ambit of the law.

At the time of this report, Kanu was shouting on top of his voice insisting not to stand trial before any court in Nigeria.

The IPOB leader added that any attempt to put him on trial would amount to a breach of Nigeria’s Constitution and the international laws.

Garry Ochigbo, Edited By Grace Namiji