Quick ReadAlloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s lawyer had stated that the IPOB leader’s health condition was deteriorating, adding that his continued detention by the DSS was a threat to his life.
Checks revealed that the last time Kanu was granted bail on health grounds was on 25 April, 2017, after spending 18 months in detention but he fled the country after an invasion of his residence by the military in September 2017.
Also, on 23 January, 2024, the Supreme Court released the Certified True Copy of the judgment on the suit between the Federal Government and Kanu. The apex court had on December 15, 2023, set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against Kanu.
The appeal court had exonerated Kanu following an infringement on his fundamental human rights by the Federal Government, but the Supreme Court, although berated the actions of the government, ruled that Kanu must continue his trial.
VERDICT: From our findings, there was nowhere any court in Nigeria granted Kanu bail as stated by Peter Obi apart from the 2017 bail granted him when he fled Nigeria.
Obi, therefore, lied that the court granted Kanu bail and also lied when he said the government of President Bola Tinubu was unjustly detaining Obi when he had already been granted bail.
In summary Peter Obi lied in his comment to Nigerians. Kanu was never granted bail.
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