Court rejects bail application for 11 Biafra activists

 Detained members of the biafra Zionist  Federation, BZF, failed to secure their freedom on Thursday as a Federal High Court in Enugu threw out their bail appplication.

Leader of the group, Barr. Ben Onwuka and 10 others have been standing treason trial since September, 2014 for allegedly trying to make a live broadcast at the Enugu State Broadcasting Service.

Amid the presence of stern looking security operatives, who surrounded the court premises as well as inside the court hall, Justice Dorothy Agishi, the trial judge refused to grant the bail application moved by the counsel to the Biafra activists, Barr. Olu Omotayo.

Speaking to journalists, the National Coordinator of BZF, Comrade Gilbert Ogbu, said:
“We are annoyed about the court ruling. This is Nigeria’s way of handling the Igbo case. We are a peaceful organistion. We don’t fight anybody or cause havoc. We want the world to know that our aim for fighting is for our liberation”.