Onyemaechi has been arraigned before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for using his
blackberry phone to take pictures of some police officers at their duty
post.
When he was arraigned before Magistrate Botoku, who held brief for Magistrate A.O Komolafe, Michael, who just came into Nigeria nine days ago after
seven years of studying abroad to commence Law School in Abuja, pleaded not
guilty to the two-count charge brought against him by the police
prosecutor.
The two-count charge brought against him bordered on assault and breach of peace by indiscriminately taking pictures at a public
place.
The charge sheet read: “That you Onyekwere Michael Onyemaechi “m” on the 4/11/2010 at about 1800hrs at Acme Road junction, Ogba, Lagos, in the
Ikeja Magisterial District did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause
breach of peace at Acme Road junction, being a public place, by using your
blackberry mobile phone to take photographs of people indiscriminately,
including that of two police officers namely Inspector Jerry Abuo and Cpl. Etim
Itoro, for a ill motive and thereby committed an offence contrary to and
punishable under Section 249(D) of the Criminal Code, Cap.17, Vol. 11 Laws of
Lagos State of Nigeria 2003.”....
