Man who climbed mast in protest arraigned by Police
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the defendants however pleaded not guilty to the five-count charges of joint act criminal trespass inciting disturbance disturbance of public peace and attempt to commit suicide levelled against them1 by nana musa1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the trio who are residents of kaduna state were accused of attempts to commit suicide inside the presidential villa1 mr augustine urom the prosecuting counsel had averred that lawal on september 12 allegedly climbed an mtn telecommunication mast within the presidential villa to commit suicide while the others watched1 urom further told the court that the department of state service dss had transferred the defendants to the fct police command on sept.181 he further averred that the defendants allegedly invaded the aso rock villa with various protestation placards capable of making the public to revolt against the federal government1 urom said the first information report fir had alleged that the display of the defendants was capable of igniting uprising against a constituted authority1 the prosecutor claimed the offences contravened sections 79 348 114 113 and 231 of the penal code1 the police on wednesday arraigned iliyasu lawal 28 nura iliyasu 29 and idris suleiman 28 in a wuse zone 2 magistrates court fct for allegedly trespassing the premises of the presidential villa abuja1 mr uche uwazuruonye counsel to lawal and suleiman thereafter filed an oral application seeking the court to admit his clients to bail1 uwazuruonye said the alleged offences were bailable adding that his clients would always be available to stand justice1 i assure the court that the defendants would not jump bail if admitted he said1 similarly mr dim udebuani counsel to the second defendant iliyasu prayed the court to also grant his client bail saying this will provide for him required right atmosphere to prepare his defence1 the magistrate mr muhammad abdulmumini went ahead to admit the three defendants to bail in the sum of n250 000 and a surety respectively1 abdulmumini said the sureties must be from a grade level seven officer and above in the federal civil service within the jurisdiction of the court1 the magistrate adjourned the case until oct. 16 for hearing1