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A Nigerian court on Wednesday denied a bail request for separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial on terrorism charges and for broadcasting falsehoods, one of his defence lawyers said.

Image: ReutersA Nigerian court on Wednesday denied a bail request for, who is standing trial on terrorism charges and for broadcasting falsehoods, one of his defence lawyers said.

Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra , disappeared from Nigeria after skipping bail in 2017. He was arrested after years on the run. An attempt by Igbo separatists to secede as the Republic of Biafra in 1967, the year that Kanu was born – triggered a three-year civil war that killed more than 1 million people.

 

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