A pro-Biafra supporter
identified as Mrs. Felicia Ejezie, popularly known as Mama Biafra was arraigned
at the Umuahia Magistrate Court for selling IPOB Newspapers.
She was arraigned by the
Abia State Commissioner of Police, Ogbizi, on Friday at a court presided over
by Magistrate Linda Ugboaja.
The Police had in the
charge number U/9512018, charged Ejezie, aged 55 years for “promoting
membership of a terrorist group, IPOB by selling different IPOB newspapers”,
thereby committing “an offence punishable section 64(A) of the Criminal Code,
Cap. 80 Vol 3, Laws of Abia state of Nigeria 2005”.
The woman pleaded not
guilty.
However, the Police prosecuting
Counsel opposed bail application by her lawyer, Grant N. Nwokoma on the
condition that her crime was seditious in nature and that she may abscond if
granted bail.
The Magistrate, Linda
Ugboaja ignored the plea by the Police prosecuting Counsel not to grant Mrs.
Ejezie bail and granted her bail in the sum of N300,000.00 (three hundred
thousand naira).
Felicia Ejezie (Mama
Biafra) was on Wednesday last week arrested by a team of police men, at Umuwaya
road vendors’ distribution point around 3 pm and had since then been in police
custody.
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