Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by the detained leader of the Biafra nation agitators, Nnamdi Kanu, for the restoration of his revoked bail and his removal from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to a house arrest or prison custody.

Justice Binta Fatimat Nyako, yesterday, said that the same request had been brought before her by Kanu and dismissed for want of merit.

In a ruling on Kanu’s request, Justice Nyako said she found as a fact that Kanu jumped the bail earlier granted him and escaped out of the country.

The judge also held that the sureties, who stood for him in the earlier bail had applied to be discharged and had been discharged on the ground that they could not locate Kanu and did not know his whereabouts.

Justice Nyako said the only option left for Kanu was to go to the Court of Appeal to exercise his right of appeal.

The Judge disagreed with Kanu’s lead counsel that Supreme Court held that the earlier bail granted him ought not to have been revoked, adding that she had perused the Supreme Court judgment copy and did not find the claim of the lawyer.

Similarly, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by terrorist negotiator, Mohammed Tukur Mamu, for his transfer from the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS) to Kuje Prison in Abuja.

His application was dismissed, yesterday, by the judge, while delivering ruling on the request.

Mamu is standing trial for terrorism offences slammed on him by the Federal Government and had been in the custody of the DSS following the refusal of the court to admit him to bail.

Justice Ekwo, while delivering the latest ruling, said that the Federal Government had raised the issues of incessant jailbreaks in prisons as a major ground to oppose the request for transfer to Kuje.

The judge held that Mamu had not contradicted or disputed the averments as required by law.

According to the Judge, since the averments were not challenged by Mamu, they are deemed to be true facts and facts admitted need no further proof.

The judge subsequently ordered Mamu to remain in the DSS custody throughout his trial in the criminal charges against him.

Justice Ekwo, however, affirmed his earlier order that the terrorist negotiator be allowed to access his personal physician for medical treatment with the supervision of the DSS.

Recall that Mamu was arrested at the Aminu Kano International Airport upon his arrival from Egypt on September 6, 2022, over his alleged relationship with the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.

The DSS, on March 21, 2023, arraigned him on 10 counts of terrorism financing, among others, but he pleaded not guilty to the charges.