Court tells Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to produce IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu or lose N300m bail bond
By keto obi Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Nov.20 for Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe and two other sureties to produce Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, for trial. The judge gave the order on Tuesday when Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to Kanu, told the court he could not explain the where-about of his client. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the other sureties are Immanuel Madu and Torchokwu Uchendu. NAN reports that Kanu, whose bail was perfected by the voluntary endorsement of the three sureties failed to appear in court to stand his trial. Nyako said the sureties’ failure to produce Kanu would compel the court to invoke the forfeiture of their N100 million bail bond each. “The trial of Kanu and his co-defendants was fixed for Oct.17, but reports from both the prosecuting and defendant’s counsel show that Kanu is absent. “The sureties that helped to perfect his bail conditions are solely accountable f...