THE COURT SETS A NEW DATE TO DECIDE NNAMDI KANU’S BAIL REQUEST.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has submitted a preliminary objection to the trial and a bail application. The Federal High Court in Abuja has set a fresh date for the court to rule.

Kanu’s trial was reopened by the court on Monday (today).

Justice Binta Nyako, the presiding judge, announced that the court will render its decisions on March 19.

Following the presentation of arguments in favor of and against the motions by the attorneys for the Federal Government, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, and Kanu, Alloy Ejimakor, SAN, Nyako delivered this announcement.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the trial to continue before the Federal High Court, the matter was brought up on Monday morning.

Awomolo notified Justice Nyako that the indictment that Kanu had disputed was upheld on counts one, two, three, four, five, eight, and fifteen by the highest court.

He said the trial would continue with the seven of the first fifteen counts that the Supreme Court had ordered.

“We are prepared to move forward with the hearing of this matter, and it is in the best interests of the defendant and all citizens of this country to see the hearing through to the end,” he stated.

The imprisoned IPOB leader Kanu’s attorney, however, stated he had two motions: a preliminary objection and an application for bail.