Court remands journalist, Stanley Ugagbe, in prison over cyberstalking charges
ICIR reported that the court issued the remand order after the judge noted that Mr Ugagbe’s bail application was not yet ripe for hearing.
If the judge is unable to hear Mr Ugagbe’s bail application before the court’s vacation begins later this month, the defence team can bring it before a designated vacation judge, who is entitled to give an independent decision on it.
But the prosecution, representing the police, informed the court that it needed time to respond to the bail application and would not be available for the bail hearing nay time next week.
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