A serving senator from Abia state, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has appeared in court ahead of Monday's hearing in the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Nnamdi Kanu and Senator Abaribe
One of the three persons standing as sureties for the bail granted Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has appeared in court ahead of the Monday’s hearing in the trial of the IPOB’s leader.
According to PUNCH, the lawmaker was sighted on the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja at about 9.45am on Monday, and by 9.50am, the senator was seated in the courtroom on the fourth floor of the court building where the Monday’s proceedings are to take place.
Recall that the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, had on October 17, 2017, ordered Abaribe, and two others standing as sureties to appear in court to explain the IPOB leader’s whereabouts.
Kanu who was granted bail by the judge on April 24, 2017, was absent from court at the previous proceedings when the trial was billed to commence.
His three co-defendants – the National Coordinator of IPOB, Chidiebere Onwudiwe; an IPOB member, Benjamin Madubugwu; and a former Field Maintenance Engineer seconded to the MTN, David Nwawuisi – were produced in court by prison officials.
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