NEWS

175 days after, Agba Jalingo gets bail

&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;Jalingo&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2384"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Federal High Court&comma; Calabar in Cross River State&comma; has granted bail to detained journalist&comma; Agba Jalingo&comma; in the sum of N10 million with one surety in like sum&period; He spent 175 days in detention before he was finally granted bail<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Jalingo has been facing a four-count charge bordering on terrorism and treason&period; The fresh freedom that came his way this Thursday did not come on a platter of gold as the judge attached stringent conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to the Justice Shuaibu&comma; &nbsp&semi;Jalingo must not travel outside the country&NewLine;without the consent of the court&comma; deposit refundable cash of N700&comma;000 with the&NewLine;court registrar&comma; who will pay it into an interest-yielding account with a&NewLine;commercial bank&comma; and the surety must be resident within the jurisdiction of the&NewLine;court with a verifiable address and show means that he will be able to forfeit&NewLine;the bail bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Other conditions are that both the defendant and the&NewLine;surety must each submit two passport photographs to the court&comma; and Jalingo must&NewLine;depose to an oath that he will be available in court for trials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Former judge&comma; Justice Simon Amobeda&comma; excused himself&NewLine;twice on the case and the Cross River State Attorney General and Commissioner&NewLine;for Justice&comma; Tanko Ashang&comma; took over the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The judge adjourned the matter to the 6th&comma; 7th and 8th of&NewLine;April 2020 for the prosecution to open and close its case while other motions&NewLine;may be treated before that day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Share This
Openlife Reporter

Recent Posts

Honourable Pastor Chibuzor Nwosu, Leading NDC 2027 Reps Candidate, Tasks Abia Citizens On Nationwide Voters Registration Exercise

Honourable Pastor Chibuzor Nwosu OpenLife Nigeria reports that frontline House of Representatives candidate of the…

4 hours ago

Governor Expresses Frustrations, Threatens 2027 Opposition Candidate

Governor Expresses Frustrations OpenLife Nigeria reports that the governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru,…

5 hours ago

Principles Of Love And Not Self Centredness Will Reduce Insecurity…Femi Oke, President, Jesus Praise Evangelical Ministries International

Principles Of Love And Not Self Centredness Will Reduce Insecurity   OpenLife Nigeria reports that…

1 day ago

Emirates Marks Significant Milestone, Becomes First Airline Cargo Carrier To Deploy The Boeing 777-300ERSF

Emirates Marks Significant Milestone OpenLife Nigeria reports that Emirates is marking a significant milestone in…

2 days ago

Bandits Allegedly Scam Governor Makinde Of Oyo State Over Kidnapped School Children {Video}

Bandits Allegedly Scam Governor Makinde Of Oyo State Over Kidnapped School Children {Video}   OpenLife…

2 days ago

Jayeola Olalekan Azeez Interviews Randy Peter Akah On His NDC Political Ambition, Vision For A Better Nigeria

Jayeola Olalekan Azeez Interviews Randy Peter Akah On His NDC Political Ambition   OpenLife Nigeria…

3 days ago

This website uses cookies.