Lucky had passionately narrated the pathetic situation of the teenage mother and her boyfriend, who was admitted to the Custodial Centre while she was pregnant.
The Chief Judge, who passionately assisted Beauty Obi with the sum of N20,000, granted her bail in the sum of N250,000 with one surety in like sum, while the surety, who must be resident within the jurisdiction of the trial court, should depose to an affidavit of means and provide his national identity card NIN number.
The 18-year-old mother, who hails from Obingwa in Imo State, while thanking the Chief Judge for the financial assistance, narrated the circumstances that brought her to the Custodial Centre, saying that the police arrested her and the boyfriend at a location where he was about to sell a stolen phone.
The teenage mother, whose mother is from Kwale in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, claimed that she was unaware of how her man got the phone, just as she maintained that she was innocent of the armed robbery charge slammed against her. Out of the 539 warrants of inmates reviewed, the Chief Judge also discharged five, stating that those released were based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions, following their findings that those people had no case to answer.
Among them were Lofore Difference, 37; Innocent Okpaghe, 37; Umukoro Kingsley, 51; and Chenago Wisdom, 29, who were charged with various offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping and murder.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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