A leader of the Igbo community, Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu has been remanded in Lagos State.
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos, Wednesday ordered that Nwajagu be remanded for allegedly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB to the state.
Chief Magistrate Peter Nwaka ordered that the 67-year-old should be kept at the Ikoyi custodial facility for 30 days pending the legal advice of the State’s Director of Public Prosecution.
The Igbo leader was docked before the court by the police on a two count charge of conspiracy and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace.
The police prosecutor, SP Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that Eze Ndigbo and some others at large committed the offences on March 26 at No. 2, Akeem Shitu Street, Ajao Estate, Lagos State.
Police alleged that Nwajagu put fear in Lagos residents when he threatened to bring IPOB to the state. Nwajagu was also said to have publicly stated that IPOB would shut Lagos State for one month.
The alleged offences, according to Nurudeen, contravene Sections 168 (d) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Case has been adjourned to May 3 for mention.