The Federal Government has opposed the conditions submitted by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for the resumption of his trial.
At the resumed hearing of the matter on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Kanu agreed to the acceleration of prosecution of the charges against him on the grounds that his conditions are met.
The IPOB leader, through his lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, listed three conditions that must be met before the trial could resume.
Among others, he demanded that the bail granted to the IPOB leader earlier be restored to enable him to prepare adequately for his defense.
He claimed that the bail was erroneously revoked based on false and fraudulent claims by the Federal Government.
Kanu also requested the setting aside of the arrest warrant issued against him based on the allegation by the federal government that he had jumped bail and escaped out of the country.
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He also demanded that his lawyer must be permitted to have unhindered access to him as required by law and added that he would be willing to face an accelerated trial once the conditions are met.
The Federal Government, through its counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), asked the court to reject the conditions on the grounds that they are frivolous, vexatious, irritating, and baseless.
The senior lawyer argued that the court had earlier rejected the bail application and, as such, cannot overrule itself.
Awomolo argued that the only option open to Kanu is to go to the Court of Appeal to challenge the rejected bail request.
Meanwhile, further hearing is ongoing before Justice Binta Nyako.
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