MAN WHO INSULTED LAMIDO ADAMAWA GRANTED BAIL 2 DAYS AFTER

After spending 2 days in Yola prison custody for insulting Lamido Adamawa, a 43 year old man, Yusuf Babayola (Turakin Chinco) was on Wednesday, admitted to bail.

Turakin Chinco and supporter of erstwhile Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was remanded in prison custody for insulting Lamido Adamawa, HRH. Alh. Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa.

The chief magistrate court I sitting in Yola, Adamawa state admitted the embattled Atiku's supporter to bail in its ruling on a bail application filed by his counsel, Ruth Gbah, on Manday.

While ruling on the application, Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Mohammed Digil, said that he had carefully considered the application and the reasons advanced by counsel to the defenadant.

He held that though the offences are bailable but not ordinarily bailable, and that the court held a view of giving the defendant benefit of doubt in the interest of justice and fair hearing even though he pleaded.

According to him, the court had exercised its discretion regarding the bail in favour of the defendant and admitted him to bail as prayed.

Magistrate Digil, stated that the defendant must produce 2 reasonable and reliable sureties, and that one of them must be a ward head within Jimeta with landed property within the court's jurisdiction.

He said that each of the sureties must have national identity card with a passport, and that the photocopy of same must be tendered with court's registry.

He added that the suteties must undertake to be producing the defendant before the court on any adjourned date throughout the trial, and that upon failure of the defendant to appear in court to face trial, each surety will pay the sum of N200, 000 to the government as bail bond.

The judge ruled that in the absence of the following conditions, the defendant be further remanded in prison custody until the next adjourned date, and however adjourned the matter to the 23rd February, 2022.

In their separate reactions after the ruling, counsel to the defendant, Ruth Gbah and the prosecutor, Inspector Iliya Akawu who was represented by ASP Francis Audu, appreciated the court for the ruling.

NEWS PLATFORM recalled that the defendant was arraigned for using abusive, insultive, deregatory and heavy vulgar language such as " duru uwarka" "buro ubanka",  "Lamido Barkindo ma ya ci duru uwar shi" among others.

When he was as arraigned before the court on 3 count charge of cyber stalking, use of insulting or abusive language and inciting public disturbance on Monday, the defendant pleaded guilty to the alleged offences; hence, his remand