Dutse Chief Magistrate’s Court II in Jigawa State yesterday granted bail  to a former governor of the state, Sule Lamido, based on self-recognition.

The former governor, who was arraigned before the court on Tuesday was remanded in prison custody after the magistrate sought to look at his bail application.

Lamido was arraigned on four count charges of inciting disturbance, disturbance of public peace, defamation of character and criminal intimidation.

Ruling on the bail application, Chief Magistrate Mohammed Usman Lamin said the evidence tendered by the prosecuting counsel objecting the bail application of the accused was worthless.

He said the argument that Lamido would jump bail if released from prison, or that other people would commit similar offence and that the peace of the state would be threatened was misleading and therefore lacked merit.

The chief magistrate, therefore, granted the application and adjourned the case to July 5 for mention.

Lamido was arrested by the police in Kano following a petition written by the Jigawa State government which accused him of inciting statements. He was on Tuesday taken to the magistrate court in Dutse and thereafter to prison where he stayed for two days.

POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE

DATE:05/05/2017