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We recall the media reports on the grant of bail to Nnamdi
Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra by Justice Binta Nyako of
the Federal High Court. It is trite law that the power to grant bail involves
the exercise of judicial discretion and the criteria for the exercise has been
streamlined by the decisions of Supreme Court of Nigeria in plethora of cases
[Suleiman & Anor v COP Plateau State (2008) 2-3 S.C.; Bamaiyi v The State
(2001) 4 S.C. (Pt) 1 18; Dokubo Asari v Federal Republic of Nigeria (2007) 5-6
S.C 150]. While we admit that the
exercise of discretion and the conditions attached to bail may vary from case
to case, it must be situated within the context of constitutionalism, legality,
the facts of the case and follow judicial precedent.
