Court grants detained journalist, Agba Jalingo bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar has granted Agba Jalingo, a journalist and publisher of an online medium, CrossRiverWatch, bail.

According to Politics Nigeria, Justice Abubakar had on Monday morning remanded Jalingo to Kuje prison for “cybercrime”.

Jalingo was accused of defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, who is a brother of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, and was sent to Kuje prison until Thursday.

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