A Kano magistrate’s court has remanded Deji Adeyanju, convener
of Concerned Nigerians, in prison till February next year.
Hassan Fagge, a magistrate, ordered that Adeyanju be kept in
prison following his arraignment by the Nigeria police force.
The police had charged Adeyanju with alleged murder, an
allegation he was acquitted of years ago.
This was after he had been granted bail on two occasions, on
charges bothering on public incitement and criminal defamation.
Adeyanju was first arrested on November 28 and has since then
faced three separate charges, securing bail in two of those
charges.
The latest bothering on alleged murder was a case Mohammed
Haliru, a judge of the Kano state high court, acquitted and
discharged him and three others of in 2009.
At the resumed hearing on Friday, Fagge said the court lacked
power to hear the charges.
He, however, ruled that the activist be remanded in prison till
an adjourned date of February 6 for hearing in a higher court.
Meanwhile, an FCT high court has granted an order seeking the
immediate release of Adeyanju.
Danladi Senchi, a judge, gave the order while ruling on a
fundamental rights suit filed by Mike Ozekhome, Adeyanju’s
counsel.
Raphael Adebayo, a close associate of Adeyanju, who is one of
those behind the suit, told TheCable that the court, among other
things, ruled that the activist’s detention contravenes his
fundamental human rights.
Efforts to get reaction of the police to the issue was
unsuccessful as Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, did not pick his
calls and also failed to respond to the text message sent as of
when this report was filed.
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