An anti-Tinubu passenger who caused a stir at the Abuja airport on March 31, has been remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre by a Magistrate Court in Abuja.
The incident occurred inside a Lagos-bound
Ibom Air flight where he warned against the inauguration of President-elect,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Obiajulu Ujah will be there for one month on
observation to enable medical experts to determine the state of his mental
health.
Ujah is on trial for a criminal charge in a
case marked CR/08/23 filed by the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT.
Magistrate Abdulazeel Ismail Muhammed of the
FCT Magistrate Court ruled on Thursday in Zuba Magisterial District, PRNigeria
reports.
“Having scrutinized the medical report dated
17th day of April 2023 and signed by Dr Olusegun Shoyombo, a consultant
psychiatrist, I am of the opinion that the defendant cannot defend himself,” he
said.
Due to the requirement for urgent medical
attention, Muhammed invoked the provision of Section 278(3) & (4) ACJA,
2015.
According to the section, where the court is
not satisfied that the defendant is capable of his defence, the court shall
adjourn the trial and shall remand the person for a month maximum.
The section further notes that the defendant
detained shall be kept under observation by a medical officer during the period
of his remand.
Before the expiration of that period, the
medical officer shall give to the court his opinion in writing as to the state
of mind of the person.
Where the officer is unable to form any
definite opinion, he shall so certify to the court and ask for further remand
of up to three months.
“From all these, the need to prevent the risk
of jumping treatment and having found that Kuje Correctional Facility has the
requisite medical personnel, I hereby order that the defendant be remanded for
medical observation for one month,” Muhammed said.
The medical personnel shall accord the
defendant the requisite medical treatment at the expense of the Federal
Government of Nigeria, the magistrate added.
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