Nnewi-based native doctor, Ikechukwu JohnPaul Ezenagu, popularly known as “Mmuo Mmili Afuluanya” has been granted 50 million naira bail with one surety by an Anambra State High Court presided over by Justice Jude Obiora.
Other bail conditions include deposit of title document to his home; which would be forfeited in the defendant jumps bail, and an order not to talk to the press while the trial is going on.
One of the counsels to the defendant, Barrister Kingsley Awuka, who spoke after the court proceedings, said the court was gracious in granting the bail, and deservedly so, adding that the bail conditions are what the defendant can meet, and that they are confident that justice will take its course.
Anambra State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Tobechukwu Nweke, SAN, is leading the prosecution, while the charges against defendant include violation of provisions of the Anambra Homeland Security Law.
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