Enyinaya Abaribe, the minority leader of the Senate says he would stand surety for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, if the same circumstances present itself.
Speaking on Wednesday during an interview on TVC’s Journalists Hangout, he said that he stood surety for Kanu, because it was a condition imposed by the court.
Abaribe said the court ordered that one of the sureties must be a Senator, and as the Chairman of the Southeast Senators Caucus then, he had to offer himself.
He said: “There is a difference between jumping bail and escaping for your life. I went back to court and deposed that on the basis of the principle of ‘last seen’, that the last people seen with him were soldiers of the Nigerian army who were invading his father’s residence.
“The judge ultimately ruled that she was revoking bail and issued a warrant of arrest, thereby removing us from the responsibility of providing him.
On whether he would stand surety for Kanu again, he said: “If the circumstances are the same, then why not?
“The first time, the judge said they needed a Senator to be part of his sureties. So if a judge says that again that they need a Senator, I don’t see why I won’t. I am a Senator and I come from the South East.
“We can’t run away from our responsibility. He’s our son. He’s from our state”
