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Agba Jalingo: Trial of journalist commences today

Mr. Jalingo was arrested in his Lagos residence on August 22, 2019 and was driven to Calabar by road where he was detained.

The presiding Judge, Justice Simon Amobeda, after two adjournments, September 26th and October 2nd, rejected the motion to admit him to bail on October 4, 2019. Consequently, Justice Amobeda 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.

He had in an article published in July questioned the whereabouts of the 500 million Naira approved and released for the for the floating off the Cross River Microfinance Bank.

 

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