Man opposing Tinubu’s inauguration to be arraigned Monday

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will tomorrow (Monday) arraigned one Mr. Obiajulu Uja, for disrupting a Lagos bound Ibom Air flight.

Uja, had on Friday created a scene and caused flight delay when he protested against the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu while on board the airplane.

In a video seen by ValidView Network, the man was heard shouting, “You all are sitting here and Tinubu is about to be swore in as President, lai lai, Tinubu must never be sworn in. He must never be president.”

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His lawyer, Ejike Ugwu, had after the incident claimed that Uja a former bank worker in Lagos, was mentally challenged.

Ugwu while reacting to the development, queried the decision of the police to charge his client to court despite his health condition

Ugwu said,” The DPO said the man will be charged on Monday; this is a man that we said is mentally ill. Have you conducted any medical examination on him to know whether he is mentally fit to be charged to court? On what grounds are you charging?”

“The man worked with Zenith Bank until he developed some health issues. Some days ago, Riz Continental Hotel, Abuja, chased him away from the hotel because of his mental instability,” the lawyer added.

He further stated that Uja bought three tickets on Friday for Lagos State, noting that on getting to the airport, he (Uja) had issues with almost all the airlines before he eventually boarded Ibom Air.

Ugwu said when he asked him what happened, “he told us that he wanted to market his products and that he was just trying to get the attention of the passengers when he raised the issue of Asiwaju will not be sworn in.”

“If you go through his social media, you will understand that he is not even a member of the Obedient movement. But the long and short of it is that the man is mentally unstable.