Sampson Itode, Port HarcourtAFederal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday remanded three expatriates and six Nigerians for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorism, kidnapping and possession of illegal firearms. The men were identified as Bimaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmer, Ghane Gordon, Hassan Hakeem, Gregory Smith, Ofem Uket, John Mark, Chidi Amadi and Eze Amadi. They were arrested in May 2020 by the Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt. However, the defence counsel, Abimbola Akeredolu (SAN), prayed the court to hear the bail application immediately and grant them bail in liberal and minimal terms. Akeredolu told the court that the defendants’ only crime was that they conveyed the kidnapped crew members after they were released to their embassy in Calabar.

Source: Punch July 24, 2020 00:10 UTC