A Nigerian court Friday rejected a request to free a separatist leader, ruling that prosecutors had presented enough evidence for him to face terrorism charges brought by the government.

The court ruled that the Nigerian government has established enough evidence for a case against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, separatist group that seeks independence for Nigeria’s southeastern region.

Kanu, who holds British citizenship, has been in and out of detention since 2015, when he was first arrested and charged with terrorism and treason. He jumped bail in 2017 and was rearrested in 2021 after being lured to another African country by Nigerian intelligence personnel. Also Read | Netanyahu blasts UN message LIVE to Hamas, Gaza hostages via loudspe

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