Gerald Irona, Imo ex deputy gov freed after nine days
Gerald Irona, the former vice-governor of Imo State, has been released from Owerri Correctional Centre after nine days, our correspondent has learned.
In a brief message released on Friday, Irona’s spokesman Walter Duru reported that an Abuja Federal High Court had ordered the former number two citizen of the state to be released on bail.
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He disclosed that the Owerri Correctional Centre authorities have since complied with the court order.
Duru wrote, “Former Deputy Governor of the state of Imo, Gerald Irona, is now at liberty. A Federal High Court in the FCT of Abuja ordered his release, and the Nigerian Correctional Service has since complied.”
Later today, I will release a statement. Greetings, and many thanks for your assistance. Imo must be reconstructed.
Irona was remanded to the Owerri correctional centre on Thursday of last week after being arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on treason.
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The police filed the following charges against him: “That you, Hon. Gerald Irona, in January 2020 at Owerri in the Owerri Magistrate District, conspired with others now at large to commit treason, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 37(2) of the Criminal Code, cap c 38, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, applicable in Imo State.
“That you, Hon Gerald Irona, in January 2020, at Owerri in the Owerri Magistrate District, made several utterances to the effect that you would make Imo State ungovernable, and immediately thereafter, hoodlums carried out several attacks on Imo State with the intent to intimidate or overawe the governor of Imo State, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 37 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 38, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
“That you, Gerald Irona, on January 15, 2020, at Owerri in the Owerri Magistrate District, converted to your own use two land cruiser jeeps (V8 and V6) and one Toyota Hilux vehicle valued at 493 million naira belonging to the Imo State Government, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Cap. C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, as applicable in Imo State.”
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