Court gives Abaribe, others Feb 28 to account for Kanu’s whereabouts


By: Eric Ikhilae, Abuja

February 21, 2018
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned to February 28 for three sureties to leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, including Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, to either produce him in court or show cause why each of them should not forfeit his N100 million bail bond.

The court had at the last proceedings on December 5, 2017, adjourned to yesterday for the sureties to explain why Kanu suddenly stopped attending court and account for his whereabouts.

Abaribe has filed two applications. One is asking the court to discharge him as surety to Kanu. The other wants the court to inspect Kanu’s house in Abia State, where he was said to have been last seen.

The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, also granted an application by the prosecution yesterday and ordered that Kanu’s trial be separated from those of his co-defendants.



Kanu was in 2015 charged before the court with three others on treasonable felony charges.

The others are the National Coordinator of IPOB, Chidiebere Onwudiwe; an IPOB member, Benjamin Madubugwu; and a former Field Maintenance Engineer seconded to the telecommunication company, MTN, David Nwawuisi.

The court, in a ruling on April 25, 2017, granted bail to Kanu, but rejected others’ bail application.

Kanu has ceased to attend court, with his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, claiming he (Kanu) had been missing since some soldiers invaded his home in September last year.

Yesterday, his co-defendants (who are in prison custody) were brought to court, Kanu was absent.

The development prompted the prosecution lawyer, Shuaibu Labaran, to apply that the trial be separated to prevent further delay.



Labaran noted that Kanu’s continued absence from court since he was granted bail in April 2017 has frustrated progress in the case

He said: “In the circumstance, the prosecution shall be asking for the indulgence of your lordship to separate the trial so that progress can be made in this matter.”

Lawyers to the defendants did not object to Labaran’s application, following which the trial judge granted it.

Justice Nyako agreed with the prosecution that there was the need to separate Kanu’s trial from the others “to meet the justice of the case”.

She said: “I hereby separate the trial of the first defendant from the rest of the defendants.”

The judge also directed the prosecution to ensure that the charges were amended and served on the defendants before the next trial date.

Upon complaint from Chukwudi Igwe, lawyer to another IPOB member, whose name has been added as defendant in an amended charge, Bright Chimezie, Justice Nyako directed the prosecution to act on his case.

Igwe had complained that the State Security Service (SSS) was holding his client despite an order by a Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, directing that he be released.

He said, if by the next trial date the prosecution failed to reflect his client’s name in the fresh amendment to the charge, he would apply that the charge be struck out against Chimezie.

The judge subsequently adjourned to March 20 for further proceedings.

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Who ya fooling saying Kanu is missing ? He is well and safe in Europe enjoying the money he made . The government doesn't run kidnapping, if they had him they will say so.

The court and the government keeps fooling themselves ..I advise Abaribe to immediately forfeit his bail bond and wait for the day when the truth will come out about what the Buhari Govt did with the body of Nnamdi Kanu and that day Abaribe will have his time to sue the govt for damages ...Kanus disappearance is only as long as Buharis tenure and Buharis tenure is not long again .

lol, I remember telling them abaribe will loose his money.
How do u guarantee a scammer

The government should produce Nnamdi

I believe the Nigerian Army has killed Kanu. it was a cleverly hatched plan. too bad his ppl sold him out.

S

Hehehehe, nothing much will happen to Abaribe than to forfeit his 100m gaskhia.
And the other terrorists in kuje will rot there for life.
jobless miscreants ibop pigs disturbing the peace of the country upandan

Is Nigeria not a banana republic?

Buhari should produce Kanu forthwith...

So nyako didn't hear about the Army raid?

No one is bigger than this country..

not even baba Daura or Kanu

Honestly where is KANU?

help the government in manufacturing him then

CROWNWEALTH019:
The government should produce Nnamdi

Kanu's family know his where about and they communicate with him every time, so they should all stop deceiving Nigerians? They only capitalized on the military action to get him into hiding!

All those who voted for APC and Buhari and have no regret...you will all suffer the same fate as Buhari and his people.

Innocent blood spilt on the ground does not cry in vain. You better watch yourselves.

That's all.

FG should produce him before the said date.

GavelSlam:
Abaribe please tell the court where you've kept your boy.

gagangan Abaribe ti daran ........oti si se

LOL
So sure you dont even believe what you just typed.

FarahAideed:
The court and the government keeps fooling themselves ..I advise Abaribe to immediately forfeit his bail bond and wait for the day when the truth will come out about what the Buhari Govt did with the body of Nnamdi Kanu and that day Abaribe will have his time to sue the govt for damages ...Kanus disappearance is only as long as Buharis tenure and Buharis tenure is not long again .

Newpride:
Hehehehe, nothing much will happen to Abaribe than to forfeit his 100m gaskhia.
And the other terrorists in kuje will rot there for life.
jobless miscreants ibop pigs disturbing the peace of the country upandan

Abaribe, you must provide Albino kownu either dead or live

Buhari's Judge just haven't got the legal balls to ask brutai to produce the IPOB demagogue.

His home invasion by the girls in Nigeria army was a national issue well documented in the media.

UNA FUNNY AH SWEAR, KANU DEY CAMEROON THE FLEX OLOSHO UNA DEY LOOK FOR AM

LOL......Sleep please.. !!

Einl:
All those who voted for APC and Buhari and have no regret...you will all suffer the same fate as Buhari and his people.

Innocent blood spilt on the ground does not cry in vain. You better watch yourselves.

That's all.

This will be interesting
Next time don't walk into a visible trap because of cheap political score