Mr Imo said if Mr Irona could not be granted bail on self-recognition, a state lawmaker, Frank Ugboma, representing Oguta State...
The Magistrate, C. N Ezerioha, after hearing the prosecution and defence counsels, ordered that Mr Irona be remanded in Owerri Correctional Centre, Punch newspaperS. I. Imo, counsel to the former deputy governor, had immediately after his arraignment, moved a motion that Mr Irona be granted bail on self-recognition.
Mr Ogbuji said one of the charges preferred against Mr Irona was felony and that only a judge of a high court could grant Mr Irona bail. The judge while ordering that Mr Irona be remanded in Owerri Correctional Centre, said the prosecution counsel should make all documents available to the defence counsel to enable them take the next legal action.Alleged crime
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