{"id":110723,"date":"2024-02-26T17:17:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110723"},"modified":"2024-02-26T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:17:05","slug":"court-to-rule-on-nnamdi-kanus-bail-application-march-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-to-rule-on-nnamdi-kanus-bail-application-march-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Court to rule on Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s bail application March 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1791973814629822742\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 19, 2024, to rule on the fresh bail application filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe court also scheduled March 20, for the commencement of the resumed trial.<\/p>\n<p>The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyanko, adjourned after listening to the argument by counsel to parties in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The trial resumed on the matter on Monday after being suspended after the Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted Kanu in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court also declared illegal and unlawful, the rendition of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>However, the FG appealed against the judgment at the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court in its judgement on December 15, 2023, ordered the continuation of the trial of Kanu on terrorism charges.<\/p>\n<p>The court held that there is no law in the country stopping a trial based on the violation of the rights of a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu has been in DSS detention since June 2021 when he was repatriated from Kenya to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>At the court proceedings on Monday, the counsel for the defendant, Alloy Ejimakor told the court he had applied for the bail of his client and a preliminary objection.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the court to grant Kanu bail on health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor also said the continued incarceration of Kanu would affect his defence in the trial.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 19, 2024, to rule on the fresh bail application filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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