A High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday fixed Friday for ruling in a bail application filed by the ”Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate”, Frederick Nwajagu.
Igbere TV gathered that Nwajagu, had on Tuesday, prayed the court to admit him to bail on liberal terms. The defendant, charged with terrorism offences, told the court that he was not a flight risk.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya fixed the date after listening to arguments from both counsels.
The judge adjourned the case until Friday for ruling in the bail application.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Jonathan Ogunsakin informed the court that the case was for argument on bail application.
However, counsel to the defendant, Mr E. C. Obiagu, SAN, told the court that the defendant’s bail application was based on two reliefs.
“The defendant submitted himself to the DSS when invited. He is a widower with six children, therefore cannot abandon his children.”
The senior advocate also said that the defendant was granted bail at the lower court but was not able to perfect the bail due to its stringent condition.
He therefore urged the court to grant bail to the defendant.
The Lagos State Government had in a suit marked no: LD/21505C/2023, alleged that the defendant had contravened the provisions of Section 403(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The government stated that the offences also contravened Sections 12(a) (c), 18, 21 and 29 of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Nwajagu, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of the Igbo people in the State.
