Court To Rule Miyetti Allah’s Bail Request, May 30.
Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled ruling for May 30 in the application for bail filed by detained leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo.
Justice Inyang Ekwo chose the date after lawyers to parties made their final submissions.
Bodejo, now being held in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency was on March 22 arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly establishing an unlawful ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya.
He was arraigned on a three-count charge filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation for allegedly violating the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Arguing Bodejo’s bail application, his lawyer, Ahmed Raji, urged the court to admit his client to bail on health grounds.
Raji said Bodejo was suffering from “grave ill-health”, stressing that the offences he was charged with are bailable.
The lawyer cited Section 36 of the Constitution, arguing that a defendant in a criminal case is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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