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On Friday, a senior magistrates’ court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, discharged one Amaechi Anakwue, a reporter with the the African Independent Television, AIT who was charged with character defamation by the Nigerian Police Force after he described the AIG, in charge of Zone 7 , Joseph Mbu as ''controversial'' on live TV.
Read: Police AIG Joseph Mbu Orders Arrests of AIT Journalist For Calling Him Controversial
Anakwe was detained Thursday morning after he reported at the Zone 7 police headquarters in Abuja, on the invitation of AIG Mbu
His discharge by the magistrate, Anthony Ogboi, was sequel to an application by the prosecution to withdraw the case from court.
In discharging the journalist, Judge Ogboi said that the case had been struck out and ordered the accused not be arrested for the same offence again.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Chijioke Okeizie, had applied for withdrawal of the matter without mentioning the First Information Report, FIR, in open court. He told the court that the reason for the withdrawal of the case was “best known to the nominal complainant.”
At that, counsel to Mr. Anakwue, Nwoke Kalu, prayed the court to grant the accused protection against further arrest on the same offence. The magistrate granted the withdrawal application and plea of the accused and discharged him accordingly.
#Mbu #AIT #Anakwe
Read: Police AIG Joseph Mbu Orders Arrests of AIT Journalist For Calling Him Controversial
Anakwe was detained Thursday morning after he reported at the Zone 7 police headquarters in Abuja, on the invitation of AIG Mbu
His discharge by the magistrate, Anthony Ogboi, was sequel to an application by the prosecution to withdraw the case from court.
In discharging the journalist, Judge Ogboi said that the case had been struck out and ordered the accused not be arrested for the same offence again.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Chijioke Okeizie, had applied for withdrawal of the matter without mentioning the First Information Report, FIR, in open court. He told the court that the reason for the withdrawal of the case was “best known to the nominal complainant.”
At that, counsel to Mr. Anakwue, Nwoke Kalu, prayed the court to grant the accused protection against further arrest on the same offence. The magistrate granted the withdrawal application and plea of the accused and discharged him accordingly.
#Mbu #AIT #Anakwe
