•Protesting women
Following the arrest of women who protested against the Supreme Court verdict that affirmed the election of Abdullahi Sule the Governor of Nasarawa State, a Magistrate Court 3 sitting in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital today reviewed the stiff bail condition of the 38 women who were arrested by the Nigeria Police in Nasarawa State for alleged Conspiracy, Unlawful Assembly and Disturbance by Fire.
The Magistrate in charge of the court, Mohammed Abdullahi-Lanze reviewed the bail condition when ruled on the application filed by counsels to the defendants, reports Daily Independent.
Abdullahi-Lanze, said the earlier condition that the surety must be a Director with the State or Federal Government and submit the bond of N2 million was reviewed following the application by the counsels to the defendants.
The Magistrate listed the new bail condition to include: a reasonable surety staying within the jurisdiction of the court for each defendant and must submit his or her password and a bail bond of N500, 000.
He therefore said that the defendants must be at the court at the next adjourned date, February 27, 2024.
Reacting to the rulling, Barr. Ayiwulu Baba-Ayiwulu, Counsel to the defendants told newsmen that at last the protesters would go home to meet with their love once.
He added that the new bail condition is reasonable enough and expressed optimism that they would be out of the Lafia Custodian Centre before the end of today because a lot of people are willing to stand as their sureties.
The police said that the protesters had contravened the peace accord signed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC).
