A Justice of the Peace’s courtroom sitting in Zuba, Abuja has ordered the Kuje Correctional facility to proceed holding Obiajulu Uja in its custody.

PRNigeria reviews that Mr Uja, a supporter of the presidential candidate of Labour Party Peter Obi, in early April, was compelled out of a Lagos-Abuja flight, after he began a lone protest demanding that President Bola Tinubu (then president-elect) mustn’t ever be sworn in as president, on May 29.

Mr Uja was stated to be mentally-unstable, in accordance to a medical report tendered to the courtroom at earlier hearings, on the case.

But Magistrate Abdulazeez Ismail Muhammad on the listening to on the matter on Tuesday referred him again to the medical facility at Kuje Correctional facility for additional pressing medical therapy for a interval of two months.

After listening to submissions of the prosecutor and defence counsels on bail utility in addition to the examination of the medical report which presupposed that the defendant is affected by psychological dysfunction, the Justice of the Peace famous that the defendant is of unsound thoughts and consequently shouldn’t be match for trial.

According to Magistrate Abdulazeez, since solely a sane individual might stand trial, it could be unsafe for the courtroom to ship its ruling on the bail utility at that stage.

The Justice of the Peace stated: “Having equally found that the defendant need urgent further treatment and having released the medical observation report is not too conclusive on the peculiar mental challenge of the defendant and in the interest of justice the appropriate thing for the court to do is to further subject the defendant to further medical care at the expense of the federal government.

“Thus, I hereby refer the defendant back to the medical facility at Kuje Correctional Center for further urgent medical treatment for a period of two months at the expense of federal government of Nigeria pursuant to the provision of Section 278(4).

“The control of the corrections (medicals) is at liberty to engage experts from other medical facilities within the FCT.

“However, if the mental soundness of the defendant appreciates during this period and before the expiration of the period, the medical officer shall file a report forthwith to enable the court proceed with trial including delivering its ruling on the the defendant’s bail application.”