Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday granted journalist Agba Jalingo bail.
POLITICS NIGERIA had reported on Monday that the court remanded the CrossRiverWatch Publisher in custody over alleged false publication.
Justice Abubakar remanded Jalingo at the Kuje Correctional Center after he was arraigned on a two-count charge the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) preferred against him.
The defendant was in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/565/2022, which bordered on alleged cybercrime, accused of publishing an article that disparaged Mrs Elizabeth Ayade, who is the wife of the younger brother of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.
Jalingo, who is a frontline critic of Governor Ayade’s administration, was specifically accused of engaging in a false publication that was intended to cause annoyance and insult to Mrs Ayade.
Monday’s verdict drew strong criticism from activists like Omoyele Sowore, Deji Adeyanju and Chidi Odinkalu.
