A Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down a bail request by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The court said on Friday that Mr. Kanu must remain in prison pending his trial for alleged treason.
Mr. Kanu has been in detention since his arrest in October.
The government accuses him of running an underground radio that spreads hate messages in a push for the creation of independent state of Biafra. He had earlier been granted bail twice by the courts, but the government refused to release him.
The Federal government recently filed fresh six-count charges against the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra.
The government is blaming Kanu for plotting to divide Nigeria, by creating a Biafra Republic with south-east, south-south states, and parts of Kogi and Benue states, as component units
