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Court Remands Lagos Eze Igbo Fredrick Nwajagu Over Inciting Comments

Alexandra UmehBy Alexandra UmehApril 6, 20233 Mins Read
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ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, ordered that Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.

He was arrested last Saturday following a 49-second video that went viral on Twitter, in which he threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people living in Lagos.

In the viral video, he said: “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilise for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so that they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the morning, and in the afternoon.

“When they discover that we have our security before they will come, they will know that we have our men there. I am not saying a single word to be hidden. I am not hiding my words, let my words go viral. Igbo must get their right and get a stand in Lagos State.”

Nwajagu, 67, was however arraigned on Wednesday before the magistrate court, presided over by P. E. Nwaka.

He was charged 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 Igbo leader committed the offence on 26 March, 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.

The team said that the offences contravened Sections 168 (d), 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

They asked the court to remand the defendant in the correctional centre for 30 days pending legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

The counsel for the defendant, while moving their client’s bail application, urged the court to admit the defendant to bail in the most liberal terms.

The magistrate rejected the counsel’s plea and ordered the immediate remand of the defendant to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending legal advice from the DPP.

Nwaka adjourned the case till 3 May, 2023, for DPP advice.

Reacting to his statement, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the command would resist IPOB presence in the state.

Following the statement, the defendant was arrested by the Department of State Services on 1 April, 2023, in a hotel in Ejigbo.

Frederick Nwajagu Lagos State News Magistrates Court Yaba The Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate
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Alexandra Umeh

Alexandra Umeh is based in the eastern region of Nigeria. She covers politics, news writing, feature stories, among others. She has multitasking skills and can easily adapt to any working condition. She enjoys reading and writing.

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