It was jubilation galore for the people as Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), has been released from Kuje prison, Abuja. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his lawyer, confirmed this on
Friday.
“Nnamdi Kanu has left the prison. This was after we
perfected his bail conditions,” he said.
On Tuesday, Binta Nyako, justice of the federal high court,
Abuja, granted Kanu bail on stringent terms.
Nyako had told him to present three sureties – one of whom
must be a serving senator; the second, a Jewish leader, and the third, a highly
respected Nigerian.
All the conditions were met on Friday.
In October 2015, a magistrate court in Abuja discharged and
acquitted Kanu of all charges of terrorism brought against him by the federal
government.
But the government through its agent – the Department of
State Services (DSS) filed another suit against him at the federal high court,
Abuja, while keeping him in detention.
Adeniyi Ademola, another justice of the federal high court,
Abuja, also ordered the unconditional release of Kanu owing to the reluctance
of the DSS to file a charge against him at the time.
Kanu is currently facing charges of treasonable felony.
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