April 06, (THEWILL) – The Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre by the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba.
Nwajagu was arrested on Saturday, April 1, 2023, following a viral video in which he allegedly threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure the properties of Igbo people living in the state.
He was arraigned on Wednesday, before the Magistrate Court presided over by P. E. Nwaka.
Nwajagu was charged with two counts, bordering on misconduct and intention to cause a breach of peace in Lagos State.
The 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.
The offences, according to the prosecution, contravened Sections 168 (d), 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The prosecution team prayed the court to remand the defendant to the correctional centre for 30 days pending legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
However, counsel for the defendant urged the court to admit the defendant to bail in the most liberal terms.
While the magistrate rejected the 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 May 3, 2023, for DPP’s advice.
