There is no reason why Nnamdi Kanu should still be in prison

There is no reason why Nnamdi Kanu should still be in prison – Hon Sopuluchukwu

– Kanu should be granted bail pending his next trial, says Hon. Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka

– Hon Ezeonwuka says there no grounds on which the IPOB leader should still be held in custody

– The legislator says the rule of law is not being obeyed as regards Kanu’s case

A member of House of Representatives representing Orumba North/Orumba South Federal Constituency of Anambra state, Hon Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka stated has said that there is no moral justification to continue to detain the leader of embattled leader of the IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, March 20, fixed April 25 to decide whether or not the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, should be released on bail pending his trial.

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Trial Justice Binta Nyako equally adjourned to rule on separate bail applications by three other pro-Biafra agitators, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, who are facing trial with Kanu.

Vanguard reports that the defendants who are answering to five-count criminal charge the Federal Government preferred against them, through their respective lawyers, prayed the court to grant them bail.

They contended that all the allegations FG levelled against them were bailable offences.

Kanu’s lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, stressed that the court had in a ruling on March 1, struck out six out of the eleven count charges the FG initially slammed against the defendants.

He noted that charges that were struck out by the court bordered on criminal conspiracy and alleged involvement of the defendants in acts of terrorism. According to Ejiofor, that aspect of the charge having been expunged by the court, there was no basis for both Kanu and the other defendants to still remain in prison custody.

Speaking to newsmen at Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, near Awka during Governor Willie Obiano’s three years in office, at the weekend, Ezeonwuka noted that it was quite unfortunate that the rule of law is not guiding Nigeria’s principles of democracy as it should. He lamented that “Not allowing the rule of law to guide Nigeria’s principles of democracy does not speak well for democracy itself, let alone the government of the federation and even the judiciary itself which allowed its order to release Kanu unconditionally to be trampled upon and swept under the carpet.”