Treasonable  Felony : Former Imo Deputy Governor  Irona  granted bail 

From  Victor  Duruamaku Owerri

The  detained  former  Imo state deputy governor  Engr Gerald  Irona  who had  been  on a three count  treasonable  felony charges  has been granted bail  by a federal high court sitting in Abuja the Nation’s capital

The  former  deputy Governor  had been  remanded  in  prison custody  for nine  days

According to a statement by the former deputy governor’s spokesperson,  Mr W  Duru,   on Friday, an Abuja federal high court ordered that the former deputy Governor  be released on bail.

The  statement further said, ”  the authorities at Owerri prison had since complied with the court order by releasing him on bail as ordered by the federal high court Abuja”

Duru said ” Former deputy Governor of Imo State, Gerald Irona is free. His release was ordered by a Federal High Court in FCT, Abuja and the Nigerian Correctional Service had long complied.

It would be recalled that the former deputy Governor, was on Thursday last week remanded in Owerri prison custody after he was arraigned by the police on a three count charge bordering on treasonable felony .

The charges preferred against him by the police  reads  thurs ” that you Hon Gerald Irona sometime in January 2020, at Owerri in the Owerri magisterial  district, did conspired with others now at large, to commit felony to wit: treason and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 37(2) of the criminal code, cap c 38, law of the federation of Nigeria, 2004, as applicable in Imo state”

“That you Hon Gerald Irona sometime in January 2020, at Owerri in the Owerri magisterial district, did make several utterances to the effect that you will make Imo state ungovernable and immediately afterwards hoodlums levied several attacks on Imo state with intent to intimidate or overun the governor of Imo state and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 37 of the criminal code, cap, c 38, law of the federation of Nigeria, 2004, as applicable in Imo state”

“That you Hon Gerald Irona on the 15th day of January, 2020, at Owerri in the Owerri magistrate district, do converted to your own use two land cruiser jeep ( V8 and v6) and one Toyota Hilux vehicle valued four hundred and Ninety three million naira property of Imo state government thereby committed an offence punishable under section 390 ( 9) of the criminal code, cap c 38, laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004, as applicable in Imo state