FG moves to return Nnamdi Kanu to jail; asks court to revoke bail

•IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu

The Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, to revoke the bail granted to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and return him to prison.

Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.

Kanu was granted bail granted on April 25, 2017 but the FG, according to the statement, is seeking an order of the court “directing the arrest and committing the 1st defendant (Nnamdi Kanu) to custody pending trial.”

Some of the grounds upon which the application is based are as follows:

*That among other conditions for the bail of the 1st defendant is that he should not be seen in a crowd exceeding 10 people;

*And that he should not grant any interviews, hold or attend any rallies;

*And that he should file in court medical updates of his health status every month;

*That rather than observing all of the conditions listed above, the 1st defendant in flagrant disobedience to the court order flouted all conditions of the bail;

*The first defendant has in furtherance to the offence he was charged, inaugurated Biafra Security Service;

*That such an act is a grave threat to national security and unity of the country.