A clarification has been made by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that the ruling on Tuesday by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, is not a denial of bail for the freedom fighter but actually has to do with the application filed on 1st of April 2019, asking the court to vacate the order revoking the bail of Nnamdi Kanu.

It was widely reported on Tuesday that Justice Nyako denied the leader, Mazi Kanu, bail. But speaking in an interview with Rhythm 94.7 FM on Thursday, Ejiofor said he was disappointed with the report in the media.

He said:

“The ruling delivered on Tuesday was not on bail application. The court did not dwell on issues of bail on the 28th. But it has been erroneously reported widely, even by media people who were there . That wasn’t the subject matter of the ruling.

“The ruling actually has to do with the application we filed on the 1st day of April 2019 asking the court to vacate the order revoking the bail of Nnamdi Kanu.

“However, if the ruling had gone in the affirmative, Nnamdi Kanu would have walked out of the court a free person, because he is already on bail before he was abducted in Kenya and extraordinarily renditioned to Nigeria.”