A former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Owerri branch, Chinedu Agu, accused of defaming Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, has spent 25 days in prison custody as of Saturday, 18 October.
This followed the refusal of the Federal High Court in Owerri to grant him bail on Thursday, 16 October, after his lawyer’s fresh application for bail.
Mr Agu’s lawyer, Stanley Imo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, disclosed this to PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday.
Mr Imo told…
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