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Politics / Breaking:court Denies Nnamdi Kanu Bail. by MusbahuA: 1:47pm On Jan 29, 2016 |
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John Tsoho, justice of the federal high court,
Abuja, on Friday, denied Nnamdi Kanu, leader
of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and
director of Radio Biafra, bail.
The judge ruled that Kanu was a threat to
national security, and as a result would not be
granted bail.
He held that if released Kanu might commit
the same offence again, and that there was a
probability that he might jump bail because he
possessed dual citizenship.
He therefore ruled that Kanu be remanded in
prison custody, and ordered an accelerated
hearing of the case.
Tsoho had fixed Friday for ruling on Kanu’s
bail application which was argued on Monday.
Arguing for Kanu’s release, Nnoruka
Udechukwu, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN),
urged the court to release him, stating that the
offence he was alleged to have committed
was a bailable one.
Udechukwu argued that the Criminal Justice
Act, 2015, stipulated bail for anyone not
accused of a capital offence.
He said that the offence of which Kanu was
accused was a “civil rights” issue, adding that
the right to agitate is guaranteed in a
democracy.
“The right to agitate is inherent in a
democracy. People must not be denied of
their rights to protest by way of being kept in
custody,” he said.
“If national security was a ground to throw
people into detention the Criminal Justice Act
would have said so.”
Making his own submission, Mohammed Diri,
counsel to the federal government, said he
was “seriously opposed to this application.”
He argued that the application did not fulfil
certain conditions spelt out in section 162 of
the Criminal Justice Act, 2015.
Diri said that Kanu might jump bail if released
because according to his statement to the
Department of State Services (DSS) he is a
British citizen.
“He sneaked into this country. He didn’t enter
the country the proper way. He may sneak
out,” he said.
“I urge this court to refuse this application
and order for accelerated hearing.”
Kanu alongside Benjamin Madubugwu and
David Nwawuisi is facing a six-count charge
of treasonable felony.
Count one of the charges reads: “That you,
Nnamdi Kanu and other unknown persons
now at large in London, United Kingdom,
between the year 2014 and September 2015,
with intention to levy war against Nigeria in
order tto force the president to change his
measures of being the president of the
federation, head of state and commander-in-
chief of the armed forces of the federation as
defined in section 3 of the constitution of the
federal republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)
by doing an act wit: Broadcast on Radio Biafra
monitored by NBC for your preparations for
the states in the southeast geo-political zone,
south-south geo-political zone, the Igala
community of Kogi and Idoma to secede from
the federal republic of Nigeria and form
themselves into a republic of Biafra, and
thereby committed an offence punishable
under section 41 (C) of the criminal code act,
CAP C38 laws of the federation of Nigeria,
2004.”
On December 23, 2015, he had refused to
take his plea before Ahmed Mohammed,
justice of the federal high court, Abuja, citing
lack of confidence in the court.
This was after Adeniyi Ademola, another
justice of the federal high court, Abuja,
ordered the DSS to release him
unconditionally, and after a chief magistrate
court discharged and acquitted him of
charges of criminal intimidation and
management of an unlawful society.
Meanwhile, there was mild drama at the court
over legal representation for Kanu.
Kanu had written a letter to the judge, stating
that his lawyers were only Chuks Muoma
(SAN) and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, excluding
Udechukwu, who argued his bail application,
and Vincent Obetta, the counsel, who had
represented him since the beginning of his
trial at the chief magistrate court, Wuse zone
2, Abuja.
In protest, Udechukwu announced that he was
standing down, and asked the court to strike
out his name as Kanu’s counsel.
But Muoma, in order not to stall the ruling,
asked Justice Tsoho to rule on the
defendant’s bail application even though
Udechukwu, who argued it had pulled out.
The judge thereafter delivered the ruling
refusing Kanu bail. |
Food / Re: If Your Partner's Mum Serves You Any Of These, What Would You Do? by MusbahuA: 4:18pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Cant eat or even think of coming near any of them. But have to respect other peoples customs and way of life. I'm sure there are some people out there that will be disgusted by some of the things I eat. |
Health / NMA Strike Ends On Monday, Says Health Minister by MusbahuA: 1:19am On Jul 05, 2014 |
punch newspaper JULY 4, 2014 BY FRIDAY OLOKOR The Federal Government on Friday expressed optimism that the ongoing strike action by the Nigerian Medical Association would be called of on Monday (next week) at the end of the association’s Emergency Delegates Meeting. “I also want to remind all health workers that the ethics of their professions dictates that at all times emergency care must not be denied to those that need them. I thank you all,” the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, stated during a press briefing in Abuja to convey government’s update on the strike. While describing the strike as “unnecessary,” he said “almost all the issues in contention were either issues that had been satisfactorily resolved or issues that could be treated merely through administrative mechanism.” Chukwu said he had expected the NMA to respond and attend to all emergency cases in public hospitals “in the spirit of this understanding.” |
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