WARRI, Nigeria – A Nigerian court has refused to give bail to Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, whose detention has sparked protests.
Kanu's lawyer says he has been illegally detained since the secret police arrested him on Oct. 17.
Two other courts had ordered Kanu's
unconditional release but the government refused, escalating charges
against him to terrorism.
Also Friday, Dutch lawyer Goran Sluiter asked
the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate President
Muhammadu Buhari, charging he bears criminal responsibility for crimes
against Biafran separatist protesters including murder, torture,
enforced disappearance and arbitrary arrest and detention.