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Drama as Adeyanju confronts prosecutor in court over secret meeting with magistrate
A mild drama played out at the Wuse Zone 6 Magistrate Court,
Abuja, on Wednesday during the hearing of a bail application filed by social
media influencer and blogger, Ofoegbu Chukwuma, popularly known as Ijele.
During the proceedings, rights activist and lawyer, Deji
Adeyanju, threatened to raise a petition against the police counsel, B.N Ezala,
who is the prosecutor in Ijele’s case, for allegedly having a secret meeting
with the presiding magistrate, Emmanuel A. Iyanna.
The hearing was stalled last week as the court did not sit.
However, trouble started when Ezala arrived at the court premises
on Wednesday and headed to the magistrate’s office to have a secret meeting
with him while the lawyers to the defendant were seated in the courtroom.
