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Terror Charges: Lagos Eze Ndigbo may know fate today

By David Kabiyesi

Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS could decide the fate of Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Frederick Nwajagu, who was arranged  for alleged terrorism.

The court reconvene today to continue his trial after he threatened to invite IPOB fighter to protect Igbo traders in Lagos during the political imbroglio that trailed the last elections.

Trial judge, Justice Yetunde Adesanya, adjourned the matter, following the absence of Nwajagu’s counsel.Nwajagu, 67, was arrested in April by the Department of State Services, DSS,

He was arraigned on May 9 on a nine-count charge bordering on the alleged offence in a suit marked LD/21505C/2023.

At the hearing in the matter, yesterday, the prosecution counsel announced his presence but there was no legal representative for the defendant.

When asked by the court about his counsel, Nwajagu said he was surprised about the absence, adding that the lawyer promised to be in court alongside his junior.

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