Owerri Lawyer Remanded Over Facebook Posts

An Owerri based lawyer and professional of Governor Hope Uzodimma, Barrister Chinedu Agu has been remanded astatine the Owerri Correctional Centre for allegedly penning inciting comments connected his Facebook page.

This is adjacent arsenic the president of the Nigerian Bar Association Owerri branch, Chief Chris Ihentuge said they volition question for Agu’s bail from the Federal High Court since the bail was denied.

An Owerri main magistrate, Obinna Njemanze ordered the remand of Agu connected Thursday aft helium was arraigned connected a 4 number charge.

The magistrate disclosed that helium lacked the jurisdiction to effort Agu implicit allegations bordering connected cyberstalking and defamation of character.

Thereafter, helium adjourned the lawsuit to October 29th and ordered that the record beryllium forwarded to the Imo State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) who volition delegate the lawsuit to a tribunal with jurisdiction.

Agu was alleged to had committed offences contrary to and punishable nether conception 24(1)(b) of the Cybercrime (prohibition, prevention etc) amendment Act, 2024 pursuing his sentiment articles criticising the medication of Governor Hope Uzodimma.

According to the Imo State Commissioner for Police,  Agu had connected August 30th, 2025 done his Facebook leafage wrote an nonfiction saying “the courts are closed and justness has been kidnapped not by bandits successful the bush, but by bandit successful government” and “this, is not government, this is tyranny trapped successful sinking bureaucracy”.

The Police brag held that Agu knew that his posts were mendacious and could incite the radical against Governor Uzodimma and his cabinet, and origin a breakdown of instrumentality and bid successful the authorities and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable nether Section 24(1)(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Amendment Act, 2024.

A erstwhile Attorney General of Imo State, Barr Milletus Nlemadim, who led the squad of lawyers, sought Agu’s bail but was turned down by the Magistrate.

Agu, a known professional of Governor Uzodimma’s administration, was arrested connected Tuesday aft honouring a 2nd constabulary invitation.

His apprehension and arraignment were based connected a petition by the Imo Democratic Alliance, signed by Umukoro Marvis Udochukwu, accusing the lawyer of publishing inciting articles.

Several lawyers trooped into the court, including the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri branch, Chief Chris Ihentuge; the president of the Eastern Bar Forum, Damian Nosike; and respective others.