Biafra: Why Abuja court may reinstate Nnamdi Kanu’s bail – Lawyer, Ejimakor
Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the Abuja Federal High Court may reinstate the agitator’s initial bail. Ejimakor said the judgment by the Abia State High Court may pave the way for the Federal High Court, Abuja to reinstate Kanu’s bail. Recall that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja had in 2017 granted the IPOB leader bail. Shortly after he was granted bail, soldiers invaded his Afaraukwu residence in Abia State. Amid the invasion, the IPOB leader had fled the country to Europe, where he continued his agitation for Biafra. But, in June 2021, Kanu was rearrested in an African country believed to be Kenya, and was repatriated. In October 2021, Kanu through Ejimakor initiated a fundamental rights violation suit against the Nigerian government. Ruling on the suit, Justice Anya described Kanu’s arrest in Kenya as illegal, and ordered the Federal Government to pay him one billion naira as compens