Biafra: Court denies Kanu, others bail

Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High
Court in Abuja has declined to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu on bail pending his trial.
In a ruling today, the court also denied bail to two other pro-Biafra agitators, Benjamin Madubugwu
and David Nwawuisi, who are facing trial with Kanu.
Justice Tsoho maintained that the charge against the defendants "is a grave one that will attract severe punishment upon conviction".
The court noted that the offence that was allegedly committed by the defendants, which borders on
treasonable felony, attracts life imprisonment.