Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos, Frederick Nkemdilim Nwajagu, was yesterday charged with terrorism by the Lagos State Government before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS).
The defendant was charged with nine counts, including attempting to finance an act of terrorism, participating in terrorism, meeting to promote a prohibited organization, and planning to commit an act of terrorism.
His offenses violate several statutes, including sections 12(c), 18, 21, 29, and 12(a) of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022, according to a lawsuit with the case number LD/21505C/2023.
The state’s counsel, Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Jonathan Ogunsanya, who represented the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo, informed the court to allow the defendant to take his plea.
The defendant denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Consequently, the judge adjourned the case to July 4 and 5, 2023, for trial.
Recall that Nwajagu was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state.
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