Just In: Court Gives Verdict On Eze Ndigbo Threatening to Bring IPOB to Lagos
- The embattle Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been granted bail by a magistrate court in the Sabo Yaba area of the state
- Nwajagu was docked in the court over his alleged threat to invite the proscribed IPOB to Lagos to protect Igbo lives and property in the state
- Peter Nwaka, the chief magistrate of the court, granted bail to the defendant with a N1m fine and four sureties who own landed properties in the Lagos
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Fredrick Nwajagu, the supposed leader of the Igbo community of Ajao Estate in Lagos, has been granted bail by a chief magistrate court sitting in the Sabo, Yaba area of the state.
The Igbo leader was arraigned before the court over the alleged threat that he would invite the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Channels Television reported.
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The conditions of bail
The defendant was granted bail by Peter Nwaka, the chief magistrate, with N1 million and four sureties.
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According to the court, the sureties must have properties in Lagos that must be registered with the state Land Burea and the document must be submitted to the court.
Before the bail was granted to the defendant, the prosecution made an oral application to the effect that the order to remand the defendant persisted, pending the receipt of the DPP's advice.
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Nkechi Agubuzor, counsel to Nwajagu, argued that there was a duty on the shoulder of the court to balance justice, which should be judiciously and judicially exercised. She then prayed to the court to move her oral application and granted her client's bail.
The court noted that the DPP advice had not been received and that no acknowledgement had come from the office of the DPP on the matter.
Magistrate Nwaka granted the bail application after the oral application of the counsel to the defence.
Nwajagu: Transfer, other details of Igbo leader threatening Lagos with IPOB
Legit.ng earlier reported that Fredrick Nwajagu, the alleged Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, vowed to invite the proscribed IPOB to Lagos to protect the property of Igbos, has been detained.
Following the arrest, no less than five follow-up facts have been revealed about Nwajagu.
One such fact is that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos has said he is not part of the council of Igbo leaders in Lagos,
Source: Legit.ng
