Nnamdi Kanu’s trial: Abaribe not yet guilty –Legal practitioner

A legal practitioner Lawrence Anyia has said that Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, should be given the opportunity to explain why leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu was not in court, to continue with his trial before asking him to forfeit the N100 million bail bond, adding that the IPOB leader is yet to be pronounced guilty.

Anyia who spoke to New Telegraph correspondent in Jos, while reacting to the Federal High Court’s decision on the bail condition of Nnamdi Kanu, said it is after when the court is not satisfied with his explanation on why Kanu could not appear in court before Abaribe can be asked to pay fine.

“There is a legal snag because the law says you must be given the opportunity to explain why the accused person is not in court and it is only when the court is not satisfied with the reasons brought before it, that it will now ask the surety of the accused person to forfeit the bail bond: but from the cause of event, I do not know whether Sen. Abaribe has been given the opportunity to explain why Nnamdi Kanu cannot appear in court”.

New Telegraph, November 25, 2018

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