A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, granted bail in the sum of N2 million to the an Imo based Newspaper Publisher. Ejike Ogbonna.
The bail conditions include providing a surety who must show proof of ownership of landed property within the court’s jurisdiction, as well as endorsement of the bail bond by a traditional ruler.
Presiding Magistrate C.J. Uzoechi, who granted the bail application, noted that the matter was bailable.
The case was adjourned to October 3, 2025, for hearing
Ejike Ogbonna, publisher, First Citizen newspaper who was brought to court in handcuffs, is standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on alleged cyberbullying.
He is accused of defaming the Special Adviser to the Imo State Governor on Public Compliance, Chinasa Nwaneri, through a voice note allegedly circulated on social media.
It was gathered that Ogbonna had spent about a month at the Owerri Correctional Centre before securing his release on bail.
