lChizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, a blogger who’s often known as Ijele Speaks, is to spend one other seven days in jail because the ruling on his bail software failed to carry in Abuja yesterday.
He was dragged earlier than the Wuse Zone 6 Justice of the Peace Court docket Abuja by the police for threatening the lifetime of Evangelist Ebuka Anozie Obi, the founder and religious director of Zion Prayer Motion Outreach.
His bail software couldn’t be dominated on yesterday because of the ill-health of Chief Justice of the Peace Emmanuel Iyanna dealing with the alleged felony intimidation, risk to life, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying of Evangelist Ebuka Obi.
The Chief Justice of the Peace had, on Monday, fastened Friday to rule on the bail software filed by the blogger via his lawyer, Mr. Marvin Omorogbe. Events within the matter, who have been in courtroom as early as 9 within the morning, have been later knowledgeable by an official of the courtroom that it might not sit as a result of the trial Justice of the Peace was indisposed.
Talking on the Chief Decide’s absence, the Clerk mentioned, “My Lord shouldn’t be feeling fantastic. Yesterday I referred to as him and from his voice, I noticed he’s not feeling properly. I simply made a name now, he advised me that he’s significantly down.”
Consequently, April 18 was fastened as new date for the ruling on the bail software by the blogger.
Defence counsel had, on Monday prayed the courtroom to put aside the remand order granted towards his shopper and order his launch from the Keffi Correctional Middle or, within the various, admit him to bail. Opposing the appliance for the bail of the applicant, Police Lawyer, Obiora Ejiofor mentioned, there was no proof positioned earlier than the courtroom to warrant the train of its discretion to grant the applicant bail.
He had knowledgeable the courtroom that, the police had filed a 4-count felony cost towards the applicant earlier than the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja and have been ready for a date to arraign the applicant.
The issue with the social media content material creator began when the police arrested him over his alleged risk to kill the founder and religious director of Zion Prayer Motion. In a video he posted on his Fb web page, Ofoegbu, showing in army camouflage, threatened to kill Ebuka Obi and minimize off his head.
He additionally threatened to kill any police officer who makes an attempt to arrest him. In one other submit, Ofoegbu carried a placard on which he wrote “Evangelist Ebuka Obi is a felony and liar” and tagged all of the miracles in Zion as deceits, urging the police to arrest him for turning his non secular establishment right into a enterprise enterprise.
The event led to the submitting of a petition to the Inspector Common of Police (IGP) on the risk to the lifetime of Evangelist Ebuka and cyber-bullying by the authorized staff of the church.
Ofoegbu is at the moment being remanded in jail custody pending his trial in courtroom.