A federal excessive court docket in Lagos has ordered the remand of Nollywood actress Doris Ogala on the Ikoyi correctional centre pending the listening to of her bail software.
Ogala was arraigned on Wednesday on a four-count cost bordering on publishing private supplies with out consent, spreading false info, cyberbullying, and tried extortion.
The expenses had been filed by Chris Okafor, founding father of the Mountain of Liberty and Miracle Ministry.
The case had beforehand stalled for 2 consecutive sittings resulting from Ogala’s absence. At Wednesday’s proceedings, the actress pleaded not responsible to all 4 counts.
Tolulope Mokolu, the prosecuting counsel, urged the court docket to remand Ogala pending trial, stating that he wanted time to overview and reply to her bail software, which he had simply obtained.
However, defence counsel N. C. Atulomah opposed the remand request and requested the court docket to launch his consumer on bail.
He famous that Ogala is a governorship candidate of a political social gathering in Abia state and promised to supply her on the subsequent listening to.
In his ruling, presiding choose Akintayo Aluko held that the defence had not introduced adequate grounds to justify her launch, however ordered an accelerated listening to of the bail software.
He subsequently ordered that Ogala be remanded within the Nigerian correctional centre and adjourned the matter till October 30 to listen to the bail software.
Proceedings later descended into commotion when the actress insisted on addressing the court docket regardless of makes an attempt by her lawyer and others to calm her.
She shouted, saying, “I must talk, this is Nigeria, they are using government power to oppress me. My boyfriend is using government power to oppress me”.
The choose ultimately rose for the day when the state of affairs turned uncontrollable.
In a publish through Instagram, Ogala alleged that Jerry Eze, Suleman Johnson, Okafor and Abia governor Alex Otti had been behind her remand as a result of they feared she would expose secrets and techniques she knew about them.
“Jerry Eze, Suleman Johnson and Chris Okafor are responsible for my remand. Alex Oti is fully behind my remand as well. They are afraid of their secret, I know. All of them are responsible, believe me,” she wrote.
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