A
Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano today ordered that political
activist, Deji Adeyanju, be remanded in prison until February 2019. The
police had dragged Deji before the court for the reopening of a murder
case which he was discharged and acquitted for by the Kano State High
Court following a lengthy trial that lasted between 2005 and 2009.Deji
was first arraigned before the magistrate court on Wednesday December
19th. At the hearing of his bail appliaction today, the magistrate,
Hassan Fagge, said his court lacked jurisdiction to hear the murder
charges against Adeyanju. He however ordered that Adeyanju should be
remanded in prison custody till February 6th when a higher court could
be available to hear the matter.Deji who was rearrested by the police in
December 13th, was detained for over a week before he was arraigned
before the Magistrate court on Wednesday December 19th. His bail
application came up for hearing today.Reacting to the decision by the
magistrate court, Adeyanju's lawyer, Yusuf Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES,
that the decision by the court shows that the Federal government was
out to deal with anyone that criticizes their government.“This is
clearly an attempt to keep him unlawfully in detention. After detaining
him in Abuja for several days without arraignment, in violation of the
Constitution that gives a maximum 48 years for such detention, they now
charged him for attempted murder which the magistrate said he has no
power to hear. Now a lower court is hearing a matter that the Kano State
High Court had decided long ago'' Suleiman saidThe lawyer said they
would be appealing the magistrate court's decisionCourt remands Deji Adeyanju in prison until February 2019
A
Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano today ordered that political
activist, Deji Adeyanju, be remanded in prison until February 2019. The
police had dragged Deji before the court for the reopening of a murder
case which he was discharged and acquitted for by the Kano State High
Court following a lengthy trial that lasted between 2005 and 2009.Deji
was first arraigned before the magistrate court on Wednesday December
19th. At the hearing of his bail appliaction today, the magistrate,
Hassan Fagge, said his court lacked jurisdiction to hear the murder
charges against Adeyanju. He however ordered that Adeyanju should be
remanded in prison custody till February 6th when a higher court could
be available to hear the matter.Deji who was rearrested by the police in
December 13th, was detained for over a week before he was arraigned
before the Magistrate court on Wednesday December 19th. His bail
application came up for hearing today.Reacting to the decision by the
magistrate court, Adeyanju's lawyer, Yusuf Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES,
that the decision by the court shows that the Federal government was
out to deal with anyone that criticizes their government.“This is
clearly an attempt to keep him unlawfully in detention. After detaining
him in Abuja for several days without arraignment, in violation of the
Constitution that gives a maximum 48 years for such detention, they now
charged him for attempted murder which the magistrate said he has no
power to hear. Now a lower court is hearing a matter that the Kano State
High Court had decided long ago'' Suleiman saidThe lawyer said they
would be appealing the magistrate court's decision
