ECOWAS court to deliver judgement on Agba Jalingo’s detention, trial June 29
ECOWAS court to deliver judgement on Agba Jalingo’s detention, trial June 29
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice will deliver judgement in a suit against Nigeria and Cross River State, challenging the arrest and prosecution of a journalist, Agba Jalingo, on June 29, 2021.
Jalingo was charged under the Cybercrime, Terrorism and Criminal Code Acts. Speaking to the court at a virtual court session, the court heard his oral testimony.
Led in evidence by Kolawale Oluwadare, the counsel representing the applicant, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Jalingo recounted how security officials broke into his house and picked him.