Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to the accused persons with whom the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was charged with offences bordering on treasonable felony.
Justice Binta Nyako had earlier on February 20, 2018, ordered the separation of Kanu’s trial from that of the rest of his co-defendants, as the IPOB leader’s absence from court continued to halt progress in the case.
The judge had in April last year granted bail to Kanu with conditions which the prosecution led by Mr. Shuaibu Labaran of the Office of the Attorney General said the IPOB leader had violated.
But he went missing in September last year after soldiers invaded his home in their bid to quell his movement for the succession of five states of the South-East and other neighbouring states from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra.
His co-defendants, who…
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