Anti-Tinubu protester to spend another one month Kuje prison

Obiajulu Uja, the anti-Tinubu protester has been remanded in Kuje Prison custody for one month to ascertain his mental condition.

The Zuba Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has the order on Thursday, April 20.

Recall that Mr Uja was removed from a Lagos-bound flight from Abuja for making an insensitive statement about President-elect Bola Tinubu.

Ruling in the application for bail, senior magistrate Mohammed Ismail held that from the report signed by Segun Soyombo of the National Hospital, Abuja, he believed that the defendant could not stand trial in his current state of mind.

The court had ordered a medical test on Mr Uja to determine his mental state.

The magistrate, therefore, invoked the provisions of section 278(3)(4) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, to order Mr Uja’s remand for a period not more than one month, reports Peoples Gazette.

He ordered that the defendant must be remanded in a suitable place with the requisite medical facility to manage him for one month.

The magistrate further ordered that the medical expense from his treatment must be done at the federal government’s expense.

Mr Ismail held that the personnel should report his observation of the defendant to the court, adding that he had personally visited the Kuje Prison and inspected its medical amenity with satisfaction that there are requisite facilities needed for Mr Uja’s treatment, according to Peoples Gazette.

Mr Uja prayed the court to allow him to speak.

Mr Uja told the court that remanding him for a month in Kuje meant that the court wanted to kill him.

“I have a sickness that no medical doctor can cure, and as such, I want to go to my village to consult a herbal doctor,” said Mr Uja.

The magistrate adjourned the case until May 23 for a report.

NBA