A Benue State Top Court docket, presided over via Justice Mary Abounu, has arraigned the Benue State correspondent of Aljazirah Newspaper, Henry Ibya, in Makurdi over alleged cyberstalking.
The trial pass judgement on had sought the prosecution’s reaction to the defendant’s argument that the journalist was once dependable and will have to be granted bail.
The absence of the prosecution recommend in courtroom didn’t prevent the court cases, because the defendant’s recommend, Tom Uja, Esq., notified the courtroom of his bail software for his consumer.
He said that the prosecution had taken the journalist to 2 different courts within the state at the similar fee and that his consumer had by no means failed to look in courtroom each time required.
Even supposing the prosecutor’s absence didn’t have an effect on the pass judgement on’s resolution to continue and grant bail, which was once additionally believed to be within the hobby of justice, the subject was once adjourned till November 5, 2026.
One Terna Abuul, mentioned to be the Director of ICT at Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu College, Makurdi, reported Henry Ibya to the Nigeria Police Pressure, Benue State Command.
The director had accused the journalist of allegedly reporting mismanagement within the establishment’s ICT division.
In line with Abuul, Ibya’s record accused him of wrongdoing.
At the energy of the mentioned record, the journalist was once arraigned ahead of the Top Court docket in Makurdi.