Following the Nnamdi Kanu’s claim that he was ready to face trial if only Federal High Court in Abuja could guarantee his safety, Justice Binta Nyako, said prison custody is the safest place for him.
Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), made the claim known through his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
Ejiofor told the court that an application seeking for the restoration of Kanu’s bail had been filed since April 1, and that the said application was ripe for hearing.
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He urged the court to restore Kanu’s bail on the ground that the court would guarantee his safety when he returns to the country to continue his trial.
However, counsel for the federal government, Labaran Shuaibu, who told the court that he was just seeing the application, opposed the application.
He urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable them file the necessary processes in response to the application.
Delivering ruling, Justice Nyako, said the only way she could guarantee Kanu’s safety was to keep him in the prison.
“Even judges are being abducted in the country. So prison is the safest place for him (Kanu),” the judge said, before adjourning the matter to January 16.