The Federal High Court, in Abuja, has on Wednesday, ordered the three persons, including Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, who stood as sureties for the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to within two months, pay the sum of N100 million each, into the court’s account, for their inability to produce the missing Biafran Activist in court.
Justice Binta Nyako, gave the order in a ruling in which she amended the conditions of the bail, which she had in April 2017, granted Kanu.
Post-Nigeria recalls, that Nnamdi Kanu is being prosecuted before the court on charges of treasonable felony.
His trial had been earlier separated from that of his co-accused, following his disappearance after a Military invasion of his home, in Afara-Ukwu, Umuahia, in Abia State, on September 14, 2017.
The three sureties who guaranteed his bail, had been made to sign a bail bond of N100 million each, which was backed by their landed assets, whose documents were deposited in court.
However, with the amendment ordered by the court on Wednesday, they are now required to deposit cash of N100 million, in the bank account of the court.
Justice Nyako ruled that the three sureties have two months to pay the sum of N100 million each, into the court’s account.
The Judge reiterated that the order directing the sureties to pay the money is an order of interim forfeiture.
She fixed March 28, 2019, for the hearing of the motions filed by the sureties, challenging the duties imposed on them to produce the IPOB Leader.
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