A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos has ordered the remand of a leader of the Igbo community, Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu, for allegedly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the state.
Gatekeepers News reports that Chief Magistrate Peter Nwaka ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Ikoyi custodial facility for 30 days pending the legal advice of the State’s Director of Public Prosecution.
The Chief Magistrate gave the order on Wednesday after Nwajagu aged 67 was docked before the court by the police on a two-count charge of conspiracy and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace.
The police prosecutor, SP Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the Eze Ndigbo and some others at large committed the offences on March 26 at No. 2, Akeem Shitu Street, Ajao Estate, Lagos State.
He alleged that Nwajagu put fear in Lagos residents when he threatened to bring IPOB to the State, this contravenes Sections 168 (d) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Nwajagu, in a viral video, stated that IPOB would shut down Lagos State for one month.
The Chief Magistrate said he would await the advice of the State’s DPP, Dr Babajide Martins on how to proceed before adjourning the case to May 3 for mention.
