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BREAKING: I'm Ready To Face Trial If My Safety Is Guaranteed- IPOB Leader,Kanu

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5 years ago

Oct 31, 2019.

– IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu said that he would be ready to face trial if his safety would be guaranteed
– “We urge the court to restore his bail on the ground that the court will guarantee his safety when he comes back to the country to continue his trial
– Justice Nyako, who adjourned the matter till Jan. 16, said that the only way he could guarantee Kanu’s safety was to keep him in the prison

The Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was ready to face trial if his safety would be guaranteed by the court.
Kanu told the presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, through his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
Ejiofor told the court that the application to restore the IPOB leader’s bail so that he could face his trial was filed on April 1.
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“We have an application for bail filed on April 1, 2019, the application was served on the prosecution and it is ripped for hearing.
“We urge the court to restore his bail on the ground that the court will guarantee his safety when he comes back to the country to continue his trial,” he said.
On his part, counsel to the Federal Government, Labaran Shuaibu, who told the court that he was just seeing the process, opposed to the application.
Shuaibu urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable them filed the necessary processes.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Nyako, who adjourned the matter till Jan. 16, said that the only way he could guarantee Kanu’s safety was to keep him in the prison.
She said even judges no longer safe in the country.
“Even judges are being abducted in the country. So prison is the only safest place for him,” she said.