The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fresh application filed by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), NNAMDI KANU, to be released on bail, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him.

The court in the ruling delivered by JUSTICE BINTA NYAKO said it would not exercise its discretion in favour of the defendant, whom it said jumped the bail it earlier granted him.

Justice NYAKO noted that those who stood surety for the KANU had approached the court and applied to be discharged from the case after he escaped from the country.

She held that the sureties, in their applications, claimed that they were not aware of the whereabouts of KANU, a situation that forced the court to order the forfeiture of their 100 million naira bail bonds.

The trial court held that having refused KANU’s request for bail on several occasions, the only option available to him was to take the matter before the appellate court.

Likewise, the court refused KANU’s request to be either transferred to prison custody or placed on house arrest.

Justice NYAKO warned that any attempt by KANU’s legal team to file similar applications before the court would be regarded as a gross abuse of the judicial process.