Nnamdi Kanu: Abaribe, others yet to pay N100m bail bond

Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and two others who stood as sureties for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, have yet to pay the N100m bail bond they were ordered by the Federal High Court in Abuja to deposit in the court’s bank account in November 2018 less than a week to the expiration of the two-month ultimatum given to them to pay the money.

The PUNCH confirmed on Monday that rather than depositing the money in the court’s bank account as ordered by Justice Binta Nyako on November 14, 2018, the three sureties filed separate appeals challenging the court order.

Justice Nyako had ordered Abaribe, Tochukwu Uchendu and Emmanuel Shallom Ben – to pay the money due to Kanu’s persistent absence from court since October 2017.
Court officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the sureties had yet to pay the money as ordered by the judge.

The PUNCH, January 8, 2019

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