A Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos, on Wednesday, remanded the Eze of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, for 30 days for threatening to bring the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra to the state.
Police confirmed Nwajagu’s arrest on April 1 after a video where he made the “inciting statement” surfaced online.
Eze in the clip dressed in his royal regalia, said Igbo indigenes in Lagos must recruit members of the IPOB to defend their properties from looters.
Meanwhile, following his arrest, Nwajagu was charged with conspiracy and breach of public peace.
Chief Magistrate Peter Nwaka, on Wednesday, ordered that Nwajagu should be kept at the Ikoyi custodial facility for 30 days, before adjourning the case until May 3.
State prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen,
told the court that Nwajagu and some others, who are on the run, committed the offences on March 26 at No. 2, Akeem Shitu Street, Ajao Estate, Lagos.
He said Nwajagu put fear in Lagos residents when he threatened to bring IPOB to the state, with the aim of shutting down the state for one month.
Nurudeen said the alleged offences of Nwajagu contravened Sections 168 (d) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.