Mr. Jalingo was arrested in his Lagos residence on August 22, 2019, and was driven to Calabar by the road where he was detained in a black site facility.
Reports of his ill health had sparked outrage and he was eventually arraigned at the Federal High Court 2 in Calabar after 34 days in custody on September 25, 2019, for the pre-trial hearing of his bail application.
The presiding Judge, Justice Simon Amobeda after two more Court dates on September 26th and October 2nd, rejected the motion to admit him to bail on October 4, 2019. In his ruling, Justice Amobeda had said that Jalingo’s lawyers had failed to provide sufficient evidence about his failing health.
He was remanded in prison custody where he has spent 20 days in custody since September 25th.
Justice Amobeda had in his ruling, dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the prosecution to challenge the jurisdiction of the court to hear Mr. Jalingo’s bail application and ordered accelerated hearing for October 16th and 17th.
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He had in an article published in July questioned the whereabouts of the 500 million Naira approved and released the floating off the Cross River Microfinance Bank.
The Police Command in Cross River State had in a letter dated August 14, 2019, titled; “Conspiracy To Cause Breach Of Public Peace” and signed by Mrs. Tami Peterside, a Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department invited Jalingo to report to her on August 19, 2019, at 2:00 PM for an interview.
The letter was delivered by the Investigating Police Officer, Mr. Benjamin Ajala, a Deputy Superintendent of Police. And, Mr. Jalingo had in a post on Facebook, disclosed that the interview had been rescheduled for August 26, 2019. He was arrested four days before the due date.
However, a former Attorney General of Cross River State and Justice Commissioner, Mr. Eyo Ekpo had in a Facebook post said Mr. Jalingo had duly informed him that the interview was rescheduled for September 3, 2019, as DCP Peterside had traveled for an official assignment.
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