The Chief Magistrate Court in Lafia, Nasarawa state capital, has granted bail to the 38 protesters remanded at the correctional center.
Opposition member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly(NSHA), Barrister Esson Mairiga offered to stand as a surety for the 38 protesters remanded over alleged breach of peace pact following the judgement of the Supreme Court.
At the resume hearing on Thursday January 25, the presiding magistrate, Mohammed Abdullahi-Lanze, granted the protesters bail.
Magistrate Abdullahi Lanze directed that the defendants must get a surety not below the position of a Director with the State or Federal Government, each staying within the jurisdiction of the court.
He also said that each surety must submit his or her identity card, ₦2 million, letter of first appointment and statement of account to the court.
He therefore, adjourned the case to February 27, 2024 for hearing and directed that all the defendants must be at the court in the next adjourned date.
The protesters comprising thirty women and 8 males were arrested at the premises of the state's Secretariat of the People's Democratic Party(PDP) which had since been sealed by the police.
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