Request to free separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu rejected by Nigerian court

Separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu remained in jail on Friday after a Nigerian court rejected a request to free him. 

Kanu, who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra group, has been in and out of detention since 2015, when he was first arrested on charges of terrorism and treason. He denies all wrongdoing and his supporters say he’s being targeted in an effort to stifle the separatist campaign. 

The court found that prosecutors had…