Court varies Kanus bail, orders Abaribe, others to forfeit N100m
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by martins odeh1 the federal high court on wednesday in abuja varied the bail conditions upon which the leader of the proscribed indigenous people of biafra nnamdi kanu was admitted1 justice binta nyako made the variation in a ruling on the conditions of the bail she had granted kanu in april 20171 nyako therefore held that the three sureties including sen. eyinnaya abaribe were compelled to within two months pay n100 million each for their inability to produce the missing ipob leader1 the three sureties had been made to sign a bail bond of n100m each which was backed by their landed assets whose documents were deposited in court1 the judge said with this amendment the sureties were now required to deposit cash of n100 million into the courts bank account1 the order directing the sureties to pay the money is an order of interim forfeiture she said1 the sureties had argued that kanus disappearance was not unconnected with the invasion of his home by the military and not orchestrated by them1 the military had in a special operation clashed with ipob members in afara-ukwu umuahia in abia state on sept. 14 2017 leading to kanus escape from the country1 the news agency of nigeria nan recalls that kanu and three others are been tried on charges of treasonable felony1