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...For a better society... Monday, October 25 2004 Vol 17 No.214 News Editorial Opinion Labour Politics Sports Features Columnists Business Money/Market Energy Alaba Market Foreign News View From America 30 MASSOB members arraigned, granted bail KENNETH OFOMA, Abakaliki AN Abakaliki Magistrate’s court has granted bail to 30 members of the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) who were arraigned before it on Thursday. The MASSOB members were charged with, among other things, conspiracy to commit felony, attempt to commit treason, as well as attempt to cause breach of the peace by shouting slogans that they are Biafran and not Nigeria. The MASSOB activists were charged after they had spent five months in detention in Abuja, without trial. When the matter was brought up in court, the counsel to the accused persons, Messrs C.E. Eze, C.E. Omukwu and M.E. Igwe asked for bail of the accused persons, stating the applicable laws in respect of the case. The Magistrate, Mrs U. Onyemenam, granted bail to all the 30 on condition that they produce a surety with three years tax clearance, affidavit of means, two passport photographs and N40,000 deposit. The case with charge N2558c/2004 was adjourned to November 18, 2004 for hearing. Inspector Nkwagu Ugboka presented the State Commissioner of Police, Dr Udo Udo Ubam as the prosecutor. Speaking to Daily Champion on the matter, the Area Chief Provincial Administrator of MASSOB in Ebonyi State, Dr Linus Obirija Ogazi decried the "inhuman and unjust" treatment of the accused persons by the government. The MASSOB leader said that the 30 accused persons were arrested on May 27, 2004 at Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and taken to Abuja where they were clamped in detention without trial. He said that on September 7 2004, a Kuje High Court, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) presided over by Justice M. Balami had ordered the respondents (government) to produce the applicants in court within 48 hours for them to be dealt with according to law. The High Court suit No. FCT/HC/M/4078/04 also declared the continued detention of the applicants as "unfair and unconstitutional." � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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