A High Court of justice, sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital has granted bail to the comedian and vlogger, Chukwu Emeka, arrested by the Department of State Services.
The mother of the comedian, Mrs. Magaret Chukwu, confirmed the release to our correspondent, Tuesday afternoon.
The lawyer, who later took over the case, identified as Matthew Osa-oghogho, also announced the release of the comedian, popular known as Broda Mike on his Facebook account.
“Today, the High Court of justice sitting in Benin released Comedian Emeka Chukwu Aka #BrotherMike to bail. He was arrested by the Department of State Services and accused of inciting the Public. The court agreed with our submission that the application for the remand of Mr. Chukwu is unmeritorious and therefore admitted him to bail. We stand for justice always and at all times!” He posted, sharing a picture of himself and Broda Mike
It was gathered that the comedian was arrested by the DSS on June 14 for allegedly inciting the public.
According to an earlier report by his lawyer, Mr. Obo, the DSS was to detain the comedian till July 7.
This would have made him spend 23 days at the detention