A Zuba Magistrate Court in Abuja on Tuesday denied bail to one Obiajulu Uja, who protested against the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) while onboard an Ibom Air Abuja-Lagos bound flight.
Uja, who was evacuated from the plane by airport security officers for delaying the flight for over an hour following his protest, had filed an application for bail through his counsel, Barr. Ejike Ugwu.
However, in Tuesday’s proceeding, Uja’s application was dismissed by Senior Magistrate Mohammed Abdulazeez Ismail on the ground that the application was premature.
According to Ismail, the exhibits attached to the application did not say the defendant was unfit to for trial but that he was of unsound mind.
