Members of the 'thank God Kautal Hore on Wednesday staged a peaceable protest on the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Abuja to demand the unconditional launch of their detained President, Bello Bodejo.
The protesters, carrying a big banner with the inscription 'Free Bello Bodejo', gathered on the entrance gate of the high-rise court docket to make their calls for clear.
Different members of the group additionally carried indicators studying: 'DIA, Free Bodejo Now', 'Launch Bodejo'.
Comrade Kabir Matazu, talking on behalf of the group, mentioned his arrest and detention had been illegal.
In response to him, the rule of regulation is the constructing block in a democratic society.
“You’ll be able to't arbitrarily arrest somebody with no correct cost and summon him to court docket.
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“That’s the reason we’ve got gathered our members from throughout the nation to come back right here to agitate and likewise make our voices heard.
“We name on the Nigerian safety companies to launch Bello Bodejo, the President of Miyetti Allah, with out additional delay and unconditionally launch him,” he mentioned.
KOKO TV FROM stories that Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal Excessive Courtroom on March 5 as we speak scheduled an appointment to listen to Bodejo's discover movement looking for his unconditional launch from the custody of the Protection Intelligence Company (DIA).
Choose Ekwo had on February 22 given the Federal Authorities seven days to file expenses in opposition to detainee Bodejo.
The decide issued the order following the expiration of the earlier order, which allowed the workplace of the Lawyer Basic of the Federation (AGF) to detain Bodejo at DIA for 15 days pending the conclusion of its investigation.
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KOKO TV FROM stories that the Federal Authorities, in an ex-parte movement marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/141/2024, has sought an order to maintain Bodejo, the only real defendant, in NIA custody pending the completion of the investigation and arraignment in court docket.
The movement was dated and filed on February 5 by MB Abubakar, Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, on the workplace of the AGF and Minister of Justice.
Within the affidavit sworn by Noma Wando, a litigation officer within the ministry, he mentioned Bodejo was arrested in Malia, Nasarawa State on January 23 and was in custody.
Wando mentioned his arrest was based mostly on the alleged formation of an armed militia that might hurt the unity of the nation, opposite to the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In response to him, the suspect/accused is being investigated for offenses posing a menace to nationwide safety beneath the Prevention and Prohibition of Terrorism Act, 2022.
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