Kanu was granted bail earlier this week
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Fayose had attended the court trial of Kanu and also appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to use his veto power to order an unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
Kanu was eventually granted bail by Justice Binta Nyako in the treason case at the Federal High Court, Abuja
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, granted Kanu bail on Tuesday with stringent conditions
Kanu is undergoing trial before Justice Binta Nyako, over allegations of plotting secession
Nyako had on December 13, 2016 ordered that witnesses that will testify for the prosecution against Kanu and three others on trial for conspiracy to broadcast materials tending to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and create a Biafra State will be shielded from the public
The Chairman of the forum, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu on Sunday at the end of its meeting
In a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB said this is to continue in the tradition laid by its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in 2014 when the first remembrance was held
The judge, Justice Binta Nyako, gave the date after hearing arguments from counsel to Kanu and those of the three co-defendants
As each day passes, more and more people from all over the country are doubting the continued viability of our forced union.
They are also questioning the wisdom and expediency of the 1914 amalgamation and “arranged marriage” of what were originally the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria by Lord Frederick Lugard and our erstwhile British colonial masters
Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra and leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, is suing the Federal Government for alleged illegal detention
The other defendants are: David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe
The position of the group was contained in a statement read on behalf of the members by Soludo at a news conference in Abuja
From the perspective of leadership, the North seem fixated on the glowing legacies of late Sadaunan of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and have been so lost in that past that it is yet to wake into the realities of today world of change in leadership icons
The court would also rule on whether or not to quash the charges preferred against three other defendants – Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi – who were charged along with Kanu
Justice Binta Nyako had on December 13, 2016 ruled that the identity of witnesses in the matter would be protected, but at Tuesday’s sitting, the judge and parties were all shielded from public view
CD’s National Publicity Secretary, Dede Uzor, made the call in a statement on Thursday in Onitsha, Anambra State
It is therefore time for the Nigerian state to call time on this nonsense and say enough of the IPOB, MASSOB, BNG, and BIM distraction. They cannot threaten the government with a 30 day ultimatum for the release of Nnamdi Kanu who is facing trial before a competent court of law
IPOB said this arises from their roles in the 30-month Nigeria Civil War in which many Igbo people were killed
Chukwuma made the appeal in Enugu on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria