A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fresh bail application by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu filed the application through his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN).
He asked the court to set aside the order it made on March 28, 2019, which not only issued a bench warrant for his arrest, but also gave FG the permission to try him in absentia.
Dismissing the bail request on Tuesday, the presiding Judge, Justice Binta Nyako said she was not satisfied with the reason the IPOB leader gave for his failure to appear in court for the continuation of his trial.
“In fact, his sureties told the court that they did not know the whereabouts of the Defendant and even applied to be discharged from the matter.
“Therefore, Defendant was not denied a fair hearing”.
She averred that no justifiable reason has been given why the court should vacate the earlier order on the bail application.
She said, “In the instant case, I have not been given any, neither have I been given any reason to set aside the order.
“The present application amounts to an abuse of court process for attempting to relitigate an issue already decided by the court.
“If the Defendant is dissatisfied, he has the Appeal Court to go to. This application is accordingly dismissed.”
