Kemisola Oye
FOR alleged terrorism, Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos, Frederick Nkemdilim Nwajago has been arraigned before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS).
He was arraigned on a nine-count charge in a suit marked no: LD/21505C/2023 by the state government.
The state counsel, Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Mr Jonathan Ogunsanya, who represented the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo urged the court to allow the defendant to take his plea.
The defendant was arraigned on a nine-count charge bordering on an attempt to carry out acts of terrorism, participation in terrorism, meeting to support a proscribed entity, attempt to finance an act of terrorism and preparation to commit an act of terrorism.
His alleged offences were said to contravene the provision of Section 403(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 and sections 12(c), 18, 21, 29 & 12(a) of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022, amongst others.
The defendant denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty to all the counts’ charges.
The judge subsequently adjourned the case to 4 and 5 July 2023 for trial.
Eighteen-Eleven Media recalls that Nwajagu was arrested on Saturday 1st April following a viral video, in which he threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people living in the state.
The 67-year-old was arraigned on Wednesday before the magistrate court, presided over by P. E. Nwaka.
The police charged him with two counts, bordering on misconduct and intention to cause a breach of peace in Lagos State.
The four-man police prosecution team, led by the OC Legal, Yetunde Cardoso, told the court that Nwajagu committed the offence on March 26, 2023, at No 2 Akeem Shittu Street, Ajao Estate, Lagos.
“The defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by making inciting statements, saying that he would bring IPOB terrorist group to shut down Lagos for one month, three weeks, or three days,” the prosecution said.
According to the team, the offences contravened Sections 168 (d), 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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