The airline passenger who protested the emergence and forthcoming swearing-in of president-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu needs medical attention as stated by his lawyer Ejike Ugwu.
Obiajulu Uja who made the security threat on the plane, comes from Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State and his lawyer Ugwu confirmed that his client has been suffering from kidney problems which need necessary medical attention.
Ugwu made the query hours after the police confirmed that plans are underway to arraign Uja in court on Monday, April 3, 2023.
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Ugwu said: “The DPO said the man will be charged on Monday; this is a man that we said is mentally ill. Have you conducted any medical examination on him to know whether he is mentally fit to be charged to court? On what grounds are you charging?”
“If you go through his social media, you will understand that he is not even a member of the Obedient movement. But the long and short of it is that the man is mentally unstable.
“After he was arrested and the DPO saw reports in the media, the DPO confided in me that the man is not a normal person.
“It’s just the system; I told the DPO that you do not even need a medical certificate from the family but as an investigator, employ the services of a psychiatrist to confirm the mental stability of the man. But as I speak with you, I left the police station around 5 pm and we have not seen the DPO today in the station.”
