KEMI OLUNLOYO TO REMAIN IN PRISON AS MAGISTRATE’S ABSENCE STALLS
BAIL HEARING
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he absence of a Magistrate Alatuwo
Fubara of the Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt on Thursday stalled the
hearing on bail application for journalist and blogger, Kemi Olunloyo,
and Port Harcourt-based publisher, Samuel Walson.
Olunloyo and Walson were arrested
for purportedly publishing materials believed to have defamed a frontline
cleric, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, of the Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt.
Though they were expected to
appear in court on Thursday morning, it was gathered that the absence of
Fubara, who was expected to preside over the matter, forced them to stay back
in prison custody.
The magistrate was said to have
been unable to come to the court due to ill health. READ MORE
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