Tinubu’s inauguration: Unruly passenger arraigned, remanded in custody

A man, who disrupted an Ibom Air flight from Abuja to Lagos, has been arraigned before the Magistrates’ Court sitting in Zuba, Abuja and remanded in prison.

The middle-aged passenger had, on March 31, caused a scene on a 6 p.m flight inbound Lagos from Abuja, saying the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should not be sworn in.

Speaking on the development on Monday, the passenger’s lawyer, Ejike Ugwu, said the man had been arraigned.

Ugwu disclosed that his client was charged with “public nuisance, resistance to a lawful arrest, threatening violence and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace contrary to sections 396, 267, 188, 172 and 144 of the Penal Code Law.”

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The lawyer said the passenger was initially admitted to the Muhammadu Buhari Police Hospital in Abuja, adding that the facility did not have a psychiatrist doctor to examine him.

Ugwu said a doctor was later invited from National Hospital in Abuja to examine his client.

“While we were there, it was around 3 p.m they told us that they wanted to arraign him in Zuba Magistrates’ Court.

“We reminded the court that the same police invited the doctor to examine him, and the same police, instead of waiting for the doctors to examine him, hurriedly charged him to court

“Even with the test we did, we spent almost N40,000 at the police clinic. All the tests they conducted were abandoned. They have not prescribed any medicine.

“The way the police are handling it is as if they have an interest in the matter. This is because you took somebody to a police clinic, you are coming to court to tell the court you want the person to be remanded in prison because you want to continue the investigation.

“Until now, we do not know the result of the test that was conducted in the hospital because they hurriedly took him away from the hospital,” the lawyer stated.

The Star