At the resumed hearing, the magistrate granted bail to the four sisters and the resident but refused their brother’s bail application.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Four sisters, who were remanded in prison under controversial circumstances, have been released on bail by a Magistrate Court in Owerri, Imo State.
The sisters were arrested earlier this month, alongside their brother, Solomon Ohadoma, and a yet-to-be-identified resident over a civil case.
Their arrest and arraignment took place in less than 24 hours.
The incident began when Ohadoma, a building engineer, was contracted to handle a project which he reportedly completed. But the yet-to-be-identified man who contracted him reportedly refused to pay him.
Displeased, Ohadoma took the man’s phone and said it would be returned once the money is paid to him.
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The man then invited the police into the matter, accusing Ohadoma, 29, of stealing.
The officers arrested Ohadoma, and his four sisters as well as a resident who was filming the officers while they were beating one of the sisters.
The five siblings and the resident were hurriedly arraigned in the Magistrate Court, Owerri and remanded in Owerri Correctional Centre on March 10.
At the resumed hearing, the magistrate granted bail to the four sisters and the resident but refused their brother’s bail application.
Ohadoma, whose bail application was rejected by the magistrate, was charged with alleged robbery, assault against police officers, conspiracy and disturbance of public of peace, while his sisters were charged with alleged assault against police officers, their family said.
The hearing has been adjourned till April 29.
