No
fewer than 88 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of
Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) arrested by the Ebonyi State Police
command Abakaliki during this year’s Biafra Day celebration were
yesterday granted bail by the state magistrate court
.
The police command
had at Nkaliki Primary School, Abakaliki local government area of the
state arrested about 92 members of MASSOB at prayer session to
commemorate the 2016 Bifra Day.
Yesterday, 88 of
them were arraigned before an Abakaliki Magistrate court on a four
count charge of conspiracy, belonging to unlawful society, membership of
unlawful group and possession of items calling for the declaration of
Biafra.
After the charges were read before them, all the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Their lead counsel, Jerry Ezenyi made application for their bail saying that their offence was bailable.
In her ruling, the
trial Magistrate, Stella Ogoke granted the accused persons bail with
N500,000 and seven sureties who must be within the magisterial jurisdiction.
She said the sureties must be civil servants or businessmen and adjourned the matter to July 18, 2016 for definite hearing.
Meanwhile, 13
persons suspected to be members of the Movement for the Actualization of
the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB) and Biafran independence
Movement(BIM) who were arrested last Monday arrested at Edinburgh Ogui
axis of Enugu state have been arraigned in court. They were arraigned
yesterday in Court 6 presided by E.N Alukwu in the Enugu North
magisterial District Holden at Enugu.
Leadership
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