Murderers of Bridget Agbahime to Spend Only 3 Weeks in Jail

Five arrested men suspected to have killed a Christian woman, Bridget Agbahime, for allegedly blaspheming prophet Mohammed in Kano are to spend the three weeks in prison.
This followed an effort by their lawyer to secure their bail during court on Tuesday.

In an application filed on Tuesday, Barrister Gambo AbdulSalam urged the court to set the high profile suspects free, stressing that the First Information Report by the police does not constitute charges in the eyes of the law.

“FIR is simply an allegation and it is not sufficient to hold onto somebody, and in other words, FIR amount to nothing but just an information," he said. He then asked the court to grant bail to the suspect, as he opposed the police demand to take them back into custody for investigation.

The sitting on Tuesday in Kano which was conducted under tight security attracted crowd of sympathisers across the divides.

In his application also, the prosecuting counsel, Mr Ekwe Sunday requested the court not to grant the suspects bail adding that “releasing the suspects will jeopardize the case”.

Adjourning the matter to July 20th for ruling on the bail application, the presiding Magistrate, Mohammed Jibril directed the suspects to be remanded in prison.