The Lagos Chief Magistrates’ Court docket sitting within the Sabo space of Yaba, on Wednesday granted bail to a pacesetter of the Igbo neighborhood within the Ajao Property space of the state, Fredrick Nwajagu.

The 67-year-old was arraigned by the police for allegedly threatening to deliver the Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos over occasions that occurred over the last basic elections within the state…..CONTINUE READING

Nwajagu was arrested by police on April 1 after he appeared in a video threatening to ask members of the secessionist group to safe properties of Igbos residing within the state.

The ruling adopted a bail utility filed by the defence counsel, Nkechi Agubuzor.

However the prosecution opposed the bail utility and argued that the remand order nonetheless subsists pending the receipt of the Directorate of Public Prosecution’s recommendation.

In his ruling, Chief Justice of the Peace Peter Nwaka granted the defendant bail within the sum of N1m with 4 sureties in like sum.

The sureties, in accordance with Nwaka, have to be residents of Lagos.

He additionally ordered that one of many sureties should personal a property in Lagos and the paperwork deposited with the courtroom…..CONTINUE READING