Nearly two years after he was arrested and taken to Court, the Lagos high court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Wednesday acquitted and discharged Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze Ndigbo Ajao Estate, of terrorism charges.
In his ruling, the presiding judge, Yetunde Adesanya, pointed out that the Lagos state government failed to prove the terrorism charges against Nwajagu beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, the judge convicted Nwajagu for parading himself as a titled chief in violation of the Oba and Chiefs Law of Lagos State and was sentenced to one year in prison .
Considering the fact that he had already spent nearly two years in prison custody, the judge ordered his immediate release.
Recall, in April 2023, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) arrested Nwajagu after a video surfaced online where Nwajagu, dressed in his royal regalia, called on Igbo indigenes in Lagos to recruit members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to protect their properties from looters.
A few days later, a magistrate court in the Yaba area of Lagos remanded Nwajagu in prison custody, leading to the Lagos state government subsequently arraigning him on a nine-count charge.
