NAN-H-64
Bail
By Ugochi Ugochukwu
Abuja, March 21, 2017 (NAN) A Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted N100,000 bail each to two businessmen, Chirs Mbonu and Sunday
Emmanuel, on trial for wrongful restraint.
Mbonu, 46 and Emmanuel, 45, are both businessmen at AMAC market, FHA,
Lugbe, FCT.
The judge, Mr Garba Ogbede, who gave the ruling, also ordered the defendants to produce a surety each, who must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
Ogbede adjourned the case till April 10 for further hearing.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Oporomo Vivian, told the court that the complainant, Oshe Oshajah of the same address, reported the matter at the Lugbe Police Station on Nov. 19, 2015.
Vivian said the defendants and five others now at large, intentionally locked up the complainant’s two shops for three days.
She said the defendants claimed to be market task force, an offence which contravened Section 256 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation.
Mbonu and Emmanuel both pleaded not guilty to the charge.
However, Mbonu and Emmanuel, who could not meet the bail conditions, were taken to Kuje prison. (NAN)
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Edited by Nyisom Dore/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu