By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba presided over by P. E. Nwaka. on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023 ordered that the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
The 67-year-old Nwajagu was arrested last Saturday, 1 April, 2023 following a viral video, in which he threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people living in the state.
The police charged him 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 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.
