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The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinaya Abaribe, has applied to the court to be discharged from the suretyship, bond and recognizance of the bail of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The grounds upon which Senator Abaribe sought the reliefs include
1. That the Nigerian army during a raid at the residence of the IPOB leader engaged in a fracas with members of the group which has been proscribed by the federal government.
2. Since the raid by the Nigerian Army, the first defendant has not been seen or reached. He also said Kanu is yet to make any public appearance or any statement since the raid.
3. Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen again nor reached on phone the applicant neither is he reported in any news media as seen by any person nor made any statement on any issue.”
4. He said security agencies of the Federal Government are interested in the second respondent.
5. The activities of the Nigerian Army as affecting the first respondent are matters of state secret incapable of being unravelled by the applicant which activities has put the second respondent out of the reach of the applicant such that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to produce the second respondent before this court at any subsequent date.
6. He said he lacks capacity to produce a person statedto be a member of a terrorist organization or any person who the security outfit is reported to be interested in his whereabouts in the aftermath of the military operation in Abia state
Senator Abaribe, a Jewish Rabbi and traditional ruler stood as surety for the IPOB leader in August when he was granted bail by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court.
The grounds upon which Senator Abaribe sought the reliefs include
1. That the Nigerian army during a raid at the residence of the IPOB leader engaged in a fracas with members of the group which has been proscribed by the federal government.
2. Since the raid by the Nigerian Army, the first defendant has not been seen or reached. He also said Kanu is yet to make any public appearance or any statement since the raid.
3. Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen again nor reached on phone the applicant neither is he reported in any news media as seen by any person nor made any statement on any issue.”
4. He said security agencies of the Federal Government are interested in the second respondent.
5. The activities of the Nigerian Army as affecting the first respondent are matters of state secret incapable of being unravelled by the applicant which activities has put the second respondent out of the reach of the applicant such that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to produce the second respondent before this court at any subsequent date.
6. He said he lacks capacity to produce a person statedto be a member of a terrorist organization or any person who the security outfit is reported to be interested in his whereabouts in the aftermath of the military operation in Abia state
Senator Abaribe, a Jewish Rabbi and traditional ruler stood as surety for the IPOB leader in August when he was granted bail by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court.
