Ebun Francis|
Justice Binta Nyako, on Wednesday, ordered Senator, Eyinnaya Abaribe, to pay N100 million into the account of a federal high court in Abuja over his inability to produce Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in court.
The judge, also ordered Immanuel Shalom, a Jewish priest, and Tochukwu Uchendu, an accountant, who also stood as sureties of the IPOB leader to pay N100 million each over the same issue.
The three have three months to make the payment, the judge ruled.
Senator Abaribe was absent in court on Wednesday but his counsel, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, told the court that the senator was attending an oversight function.
Kanu, the on the run IPOB leader was granted bail by Justice Nyako in April 2017 but he flouted all the bail condition and fled the country when soldiers raided his home at Afara Ukwu, Umuahia in Abia state in 2017.
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