The trial of Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Frederick Nwajagu, for alleged terrorism will begin at a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, today July 5.
The 67-year-old Igbo leader was arrested in April by the Department of State Services, DSS, over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB, to Lagos to secure the property of Igbos in the state.
Nwajagu was first arraigned on May 9 on a nine-count charge in a suit marked LD/21505C/2023.
At the hearing in the matter on Tuesday, the prosecution counsel announced his presence but there was no legal representative for the defendant.
When asked by the court about his counsel, Nwajagu said he was surprised about the absence, adding that the lawyer promised to be in court alongside his junior.