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Four key members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) detained at Kuje prison, Abuja, since 2015, have been released, after meeting bail conditions.
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on Monday, July 25, admitted four members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to bail in the sum of N10 million each.
Nyako said she had carefully considered the consolidated application for bail submitted by their counsel and the number of years they had spent in prison custody.
The four top IPOB members, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Bright Chimezie, David Nwawusi, and Benjamin Madubugwu, were charged together with the group’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who has not been seen since September 22, 2017
They were charged with offenses relating to “preparations to secede from Nigeria” and detained without bond.
Famzn News learned that they left the prison gates around 6pm, Thursday evening (July 5, 2018) in company of Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, who led a team of IPOB lawyers to the prison.