LAGOS EZE IGBO ARRESTED FOR MAKING INCITING COMMENT

Frederick Nwajagu

The Lagos State Magistrates' Court in Yaba ordered the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Frederick Nwajagu, to be kept in custody at the Ikoyi Correctional Complex on Wednesday.

Following a viral video in which he threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos to protect the properties of Igbo people living in the state, Nwajagu was detained last Saturday.

The 67-year-old was charged on Wednesday in front of the P. E. Nwaka-presiding magistrate court.

He was accused by the police on two charges, including misbehavior and intending to disturb the peace in Lagos State.

The team determined that the offenses violated Sections 168(d) and 411 of the Lagos State Criminal Code, 2015.

They requested that the defendant be held in custody for 30 days while they awaited legal counsel from the Lagos State Department of Public Prosecutions.

But while submitting their client's bail application, the defendant's attorney pleaded with the judge to grant the prisoner the most lenient conditions possible.

Yet, the defendant's attorney pleaded with the court to grant bail in the most lenient terms while presenting their client's application.

In lieu of the DPP's legal counsel, the magistrate, who rejected the defense attorney's plea, ordered the defendant's immediate remand to the Ikoyi Correctional Center.

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.