Nigeria, April 17 -- The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says he would stand trial only if the court grants him bail.

Mr Kanu whose proscribed group is seeking a secession of the five southeastern Nigeria states and parts of the south-south region, faces treason charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, Mr Kanu's lead lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, told the judge, Binta Nyako, that his client would stand trial on the conditions that he is either granted bail or transferred from the State Security Service (SSS) detention facility to the Abuja prison.

Mr Ejimakor contended that Mr Kanu's restricted access to his lawyers at the SSS facility has hampered the separatist leader's ...