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Detained IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Won’t Be Granted Bail, Buhari Tells British Prime Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu cannot be admitted to bail because he once jumped bail.
President Buhari stated this on Thursday during a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Great Britain on the sidelines of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Buhari said there has been apprehension because he jumped bail the previous time he was granted one.
On the leader of IPOB, Kanu, not being allowed to see his lawyers privately, the President denied it, saying the detained separatist was being given every opportunity under the law “to justify all the uncomplimentary things he had been saying against Nigeria in Britain.”
Buhari said: “He felt very safe in Britain, and said awful things against Nigeria. We eventually got him when he stepped out of the United Kingdom, and we sent him to court. Let him defend all that he has said there. His lawyers have access to him. Remember he jumped bail before, how are we sure he won’t do it again if he’s admitted to bail?”
