Court grants Nwajagu, 67, N1Million bail over threat to bring IPOB to Lagos

Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos State, who threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos State in order to secure Igbo properties in the state has been granted bail.

The Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, granted Nwajagu bail in the sum of N1 million with four sureties.

ValidViewNetwork had earlier reported the arrest of Nwajagu by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command after a threat he allegedly made via a video that went viral.

Nwajagu had stated in a 49-second video shared on Twitter by @DeeOneAyekooto that the move to invite members of IPOB to Lagos was necessary due to attacks on Igbo people in the state.

The Igbo leader boldly said in the video that he stood by his word and that his people must take a stand in Lagos State by shutting down economic activities to protest the alleged intimidation they had been facing from other non-Igbo residents of the state.

Nwajagu is facing two counts of conspiracy and an act that has the tendency to cause a breach of public peace.

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The monarch was first arraigned on April 5, after which he was remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for 30 days.

The bail granted the 67-year-old Nwajagu by Chief Magistrate Peter Nwaka was premised on an oral application made by the counsel to Nwajagu, Nkechi Agubuzor.