Mr. Jalingo arrived the Court on Thursday at about 9:50am wearing a T-shirt with the inscription, “The Road To Freedom Passes Through A Jail Door.”
Consequently, Tarhemba, a Deputy Superintendent of Police told the Court in his opening statement that the process filed by the defendant was served on him less than an hour before the Court resumed sitting on the matter and sought for time to file his response. Justice Amobeda adjourned the matter to October 22nd and 23rd for commencement of trial at the instance of the prosecution.He said, “you will recall that the prosecution had filed a motion to amend their charges and also to have the identities of their witnesses hidden.
Jalingo is to be remanded in Prisons custody till the next adjournment. He had already spent 22 days so far in prison. It would be recalled that Mr. Jalingo had in July written an article demanding the State government to explain the whereabouts of the NGN500 million approved and released for the floating of the Cross River Microfinance bank.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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