Court refuses to order Abaribe’s release

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declined an oral application for bail filed by Chukwuma Umeh (SAN) on behalf of detained Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe.

The court, however, ordered that the senator be allowed unhindered access to his lawyer.

Umeh, who appeared for Abaribe in the criminal case against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, said at the commencement of proceedings that his client was arrested over his role in the matter.

Abaribe and two others stood as surety for Kanu, who is standing trial on charges of treasonable felony.