Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS, in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria, on Friday, refused to obey an order of a magistrate court granting bail
Mr Carter works with a local radio station, XL 106.9 FM, Uyo. He was arrested on April 27 when he went to the SSS office on the invitation of the security agency.
The court presided by Justice Archibong Archibong agreed with Mr Effiong that the bail conditions set by the magistrate court were “stringent, excessive and unaffordable” and, therefore, ruled that Mr Carter should be admitted to N200,000 bail. The court also said he should provide a prominent indigene or a businessman within the jurisdiction of the court as a surety.
“Even a law student knows that when there is a motion for stay of execution, all the parties stay action until that motion is heard and determined,” Mr Nwoko said of Mr Effiong’s allegation against him. No permanent secretary or senior civil servant in the Akwa Ibom government may be willing to stand as surety for the journalist as required by the initial bail conditions since doing so could be interpreted as opposing the interest of the same government they are serving, PREMIUM TIMES said to the attorney-general.
“When I met with Inibehe in court on Monday, I asked Inibehe we can discuss this matter, you know your client has apologised to the state. Inibehe said to me that the apology was obtained under duress, and that his client has no reason to apologise to the state but rather the state should apologise to his client.”
Mr Effiong said, “The SSS are keeping our client based on the order of a court. The implication is that the decision as to when to release our client can only be taken by the SSS based on the order of the court, not any document that any party, whether the prosecution or the defence, claimed to have filed.
Mr Effiong said the affidavit he filed in the court disclosed both Mr Carter’s residential and business address, including the name of his village.“Why is the AG lying to the public? He said our client can jumped bail, but he is not going to be released unconditionally! If a person jumps bail, the court has several options. The court can issue a warrant for his arrest, the court can order the surety to show cause.
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