By Seyi Babalola
On Wednesday, the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba ruled that Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, be held at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Nwajagu was apprehended last Saturday after a viral video in which he threatened to summon members of the Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos to safeguard the assets of Igbo residents.
The 67-year-old was charged in magistrate court on Wednesday before P. E. Nwaka.
In Lagos State, he was charged with two charges of misbehavior and intending to create a breach of peace.
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.
They requested that the defendant be held in the detention facility for 30 days seeking legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
However, in presenting their client’s bail application, attorneys for the defendant encouraged the court to grant release in the most lenient conditions possible.
After rejecting the counsel’s appeal, the court ordered the defendant’s immediate detention to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for legal advice from the DPP.
Nwaka postponed the case to May 3, 2023, to await DPP guidance.
