Director
of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked Justice Adeniyi Ademola, of
the Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside an ex-parte order procured
by the Department of State Services (DSS) to keep him in detention, and
also grant him bail.
Vincent Obetta, Kanu’s counsel, urged the court to grant him three reliefs. One
of the reliefs was that the court admit his client to bail, and that
it should strike out the charge of terrorism against him, TheCable
reports.
The
DSS had procured an ex parte order from the federal high court
granting it permission to hold the director of Radio Biafra for 90 days.
This was after a chief magistrate court in Abuja granted him bail.
Obetta
argued that Kanu had perfected his bail conditions as of October 21,
six days after he was arraigned, but the DSS refused to release him.
He,
therefore, asked the court to set aside the order granting the DSS
permission to keep Kanu in detention for 90 days, and grant him bail.
Obetta
also pointed out that the DSS flouted the order of the magistrate court
and “abused court process” by running to the high court to procure an
order to keep his client in detention.
M. U. Ndakwo, the DSS counsel, was unable to respond to Obetta’s argument as Ademola, the judge, called for an adjournment.
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