Court Grants Nakura Bail After 23 Days In Prison For Allegedly Insulting NSA, Others

A Yola High Court successful Adamawa State has granted bail to the Chairman of Concerned Citizens, Gambo Nakura, aft spending 23 days successful situation for allegedly insulting the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and others

Equally, the tribunal has quashed the proceedings of the Chief Magistrate Court II presided by M. A. Adamu, which remanded the applicant successful situation custody since 10th September, 2025.

The High Court presided by Justice Christopher Dominic Mapeo, admitted Gambo Nakura to bail successful his ruling delivered connected Friday.

The tribunal besides directed the transportation of the lawsuit from the Chief Magistrate Court II to the Upper Area Court II sitting successful Yola, Adamawa State for adjudication.

Justice Mapeo, admitted Nakura to bail successful the sum of N5 cardinal and a reliable surety who indispensable beryllium nonmigratory successful Yola and indispensable beryllium a idiosyncratic of integrity.

Earlier, successful its ruling, the tribunal dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the Registrar, Chief Magistrate Court II arsenic good arsenic the Commissioner of Police, Adamawa State for lacking successful merits.

Justice Mapeo stated that the offences for which the suspect was being held were bailable and that the prosecution had failed to tender grounds earlier the tribunal to person the tribunal that the applicant volition leap bail if granted.

Justice Mapeo held that the bail information by the little court, stipulating lone 1 idiosyncratic arsenic the defendant’s surety was unfair, and quashed the full proceedings.

After ruling, Counsel to the Applicant, E. O. Odo, and that of the Respondents, D. I. Kulthu (Senior State Counsel I) appreciated the tribunal for the ruling.

Nakura was arraigned earlier the magistrate tribunal for defamation of character, usage of insulting and abusive language, disturbance of nationalist bid connected personalities of Mallam Ribadu, the woman of erstwhile President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, Dr. Modi Halilu, and the National Vice Chairman, North-East Zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Mustapha Salihu.