An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka has remanded a Nnewi-based native doctor, Ikechukwu Ezenagu, popularly known as Muomiri Afuluanya, at the Amawbia Correctional Centre pending further proceedings in his trial.
Justice Jude Obiora gave the order after hearing arguments from both the defence and prosecution during proceedings on June 3.
Ezenagu, who was brought to court from the hospital, had through his counsel, Kingsley Awuka, applied for bail on health grounds and requested permission to remain in the hospital until the next adjourned date.
However, the prosecuting counsel, Tobechukwu Nweke, opposed the application and urged the court to remand the defendant pending the determination of the bail motion.
In his ruling, Justice Obiora held that a hospital was not a recognised facility for the detention of an accused person and ordered that Ezenagu be remanded in a correctional facility.
“A hospital is not a constitutional facility for the
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