The absence of the defence counsel of Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Frederick Nwajagu, on Tuesday stalled the trial of Eze who is being charged with terrorism.
Nwajagu is standing trial before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square.
He is charged by Lagos State Government and was arraigned on May 9 on a nine-count charge.
The charges border on an attempt to commit terrorism, participating in terrorism and meeting to support a proscribed entity.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Lagos State Government had, in the suit marked LD/21505C/2023, alleged that the defendant’s acts contravened the provisions of Section 403(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Prosecutor, Jonathan Ogunsanya, said other sections of the law which the alleged offences contravened included 12(a) (c), 18, 21 and 29 of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Nwajagu was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure the property of Igbo people in the state.
The prosecution counsel announced his presence but there was no legal representation for the defendant. On Tuesday.
The defendant promised that a junior counsel would be in court to represent him.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya adjourned the case until Wednesday.
