SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigeria Police Force had finally arraigned Emeh before a Federal High Court in Awka, on 12 counts.
A Federal High Court in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Wednesday, granted bail to Nnamdi Emeh, the whistleblower who exposed an organ trafficking ring within Anambra police command.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigeria Police Force had finally arraigned Emeh before a Federal High Court in Awka, on 12 counts.
They accused him of committing crimes alleged to have violated several regulations and laws.
After the charges were read, Emeh, however, pleaded not guilty.
His lawyer, Mr. Justus Ijeoma Esq, moved the bail application already filed for him while the police filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to his bail application.
The judge subsequently reserved the ruling on the bail application to Tuesday, May 16 and remanded him in the custody of the Federal Correction Centre, Awka.
SaharaReporters had reported that Emeh, who has been in police custody for weeks, was on April 2, 2023, transferred from the Force Headquarters in Abuja to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Awka.
His transfer to the state came despite public outcry as to why he would be transferred from the Force Headquarters Abuja to the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police, where most of its senior officers were named in the gory details of the atrocities happening at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit, Awkuzu.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that his lawyer and family had made efforts to get the police to charge him but all were to no avail.
However, last Thursday, the police took Emeh's case to court for proper prosecution, alleging that he was arrested for malicious publications against the police and for electronically hacking into the bank account of a suspect under investigation. He was accused of transferring a large sum of money into his personal bank account from the suspect’s account.
The police pleaded with the court to deny Emeh's bail application, arguing that he will jump bail if he is released from police custody.
He was therefore remanded at the Federal Correction Centre, Awka, pending the determination of his bail application on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
However, when the case came up today (Wednesday), the trial court admitted Nnamdi Emeh on bail.
SaharaReporters reliably gathered that while Emeh was yet to perfect the bail condition, the police have mounted surveillance in and around the court to re-arrest him.
"Whistleblower, Nnamdi Emeh has been granted bail. He is yet to perfect bail. Police set to re-arrest him."