A judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Police to release the alleged Spy of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, Glory Okorie, latest August 31 or charge her to court.
Okorie was arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, a tactical unit of the police, on June 17, 2021 in Imo State and subsequently moved her to Abuja and detained since.
The judge, Sylvester Okorie yesterday ordered the Police authorities to charge her to court on or before August 31, 2021, if there is any case against her.
Also, the court ordered the respondents (Police) to release Miss Okorie on bail in the sum of N2million with a surety.
Said the judge: “It is hereby ordered as follows that, the respondents shall charge the application to court on or before 31 August, 2021, if they have any case against her.
“If the applicant is not charged to court as aforesaid, the respondents are ordered to release her on bail upon fulfillment of the following conditions.
“The applicants shall enter a bail bond in the sum of N2,000,000 with one surety in like sum, to report to the respondents whenever they are ready to charge her to court,” the court held.
Ihensekhein Samuel, Okorie’s lawyer, had filed the application on August 24 against the Inspector General of Police, Tunde Disu, a deputy commissioner of police and new head of the IRT, and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), as the respondents.
He prayed the court to order her release on bail from unlawful incarceration by the police for over two months.