The bail listening to for the lawyer to detained IPOB chief, Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and his brother, Emmanuel “Fineboy” Kanu, was on Wednesday stalled on the Kuje Justice of the Peace Court docket following the failure of the Nigeria Police Power to seem or file a counter affidavit.
The matter, which got here up earlier than Justice of the Peace Abubakar Umar Sai’I’d, was anticipated to find out the bail request filed on behalf of the 2 males and one other individual arrested through the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held in Abuja earlier this week.
Nevertheless, proceedings couldn’t go on as deliberate after the police didn’t file their response to the bail movement or attend the session. It was gathered that Barrister Maxwell Opara, counsel to the defendants, approached the court docket registrar to inquire in regards to the delay, solely to learn that the movement for bail was not listed for listening to.
Justice of the Peace Sai’I’d, who had beforehand assured that the appliance can be given immediate consideration as soon as the police had been correctly served, said that his fingers had been tied as a result of procedural lapses brought on by the police’s absence and failure to reply.
Based on court docket sources, the police initially evaded service of the bail movement earlier than finally acknowledging receipt. The Justice of the Peace had on the final sitting directed that the method be fast-tracked to make sure equity to the accused individuals, who’ve been in detention since their arrest.
Ejimakor, a well known authorized consultant for Nnamdi Kanu, and Fineboy Kanu, had been arrested alongside others throughout a peaceable protest in Abuja demanding the discharge of the IPOB chief, who has been within the custody of the Division of State Companies (DSS) since 2021.
The protest, tagged #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, was reportedly disrupted by safety operatives, resulting in a number of arrests.