A Benue State High Court, presided over by Justice Mary Abounu, has arraigned the Benue State correspondent of Aljazirah Newspaper, Henry Ibya, in Makurdi over alleged cyberstalking.
The trial choose had sought the prosecution’s response to the defendant’s argument that the journalist was dependable and needs to be granted bail.
The absence of the prosecution counsel in court docket didn’t cease the proceedings, because the defendant’s counsel, Tom Uja, Esq., notified the court docket of his bail utility for his shopper.
He said that the prosecution had taken the journalist to 2 different courts in the state on the identical cost and that his shopper had by no means failed to seem in court docket at any time when required.
Although the prosecutor’s absence didn’t have an effect on the choose’s choice to proceed and grant bail, which was additionally believed to be in the curiosity of justice, the matter was adjourned till November 5, 2026.
One Terna Abuul, stated to be the Director of ICT at Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, reported Henry Ibya to the Nigeria Police Force, Benue State Command.
The director had accused the journalist of allegedly reporting mismanagement in the establishment’s ICT division.
According to Abuul, Ibya’s report accused him of wrongdoing.
On the energy of the stated report, the journalist was arraigned earlier than the High Court in Makurdi.
