For fear that Nnamdi Kanu’s sureties may be held responsible should he fail to return for his trial, a Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to compel the Nigerian government to have him brought back to the country.
The request is contained in a suit filed on October 5 by an indigene of Abia State, Ugochukwu Kenneth, through his lawyers,Obor John and Tersagh Unande.
Named as defendants in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/930/17 are the British High Commission, the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF).
Kanu and some other member of his group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are being tried before Justice Binta Nyako (also of the Federal High Court, Abuja) on treason related offences.
The court, however granted only Kanu bail on health ground on April 25 this year. In meeting the bail conditions, three individuals, including Senator Eyinanaya Abaribe and two others stood surety for him to guarantee that he would attend court until the trial is concluded.
But, in a suit filed in his name on September 26 this year, before the Federal High Court, Abuja, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/908/2017, his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor accused the Nigerian Army of abducting Kanu..
Ejiofor stated among others, that Kanu has not been seen since some soldiers allegedly invaded his house on September 14, during which shots were fired and people dead and some wounded.
Kanu lawyer’s claim about his whereabouts was however, countered in a recently by former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who in an interview, said Kanu had escaped to the United Kingdom.
The plaintiff in the fresh suit, Uguchukwu Kenneth agrees with the ex-Governor on Kanu’s whereabouts and requested that the NIS be compelled to repatriate him to enable him face his trial, expected to resume on October 17.
Kanneth stated, in a supporting affidavit, that “Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, representing the good people of Abia South Senatorial District of Abia State; Tochukwu Uchendu and Jewish Chief High Priest Immanuel –El Shalom Oka-Ben Madu perfected the bail bond which facilitated the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“Upon the perfection of the bail and consequent released of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from prison custody, Mazi Kanu has, to the best of my knowledge, breached all the bail conditions to wit; granting press interviews while on bail, participating in any rally, or being found in a crowd of more than ten persons in the course of the bail.
“And to make matters worse, Mazi Kanu has finally travelled to the United Kingdom in an attempt to escape trial and the arm of the law.
