The police in Lagos on Friday released the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa, Bishop Samson Benjamin, from its custody.
Benjamin alias ‘Jehovah Sharp Sharp’ was released after meeting the bail conditions stipulated on Wednesday by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court following his arrest for violating the presidential lockdown order.
The cleric had pleaded not guilty to a three-count lockdown violation-related charge.
The Lagos State Government accused him and two others of “failure to stay at home contrary to COVID-19 regulations” and “conduct likely to cause breach of peace”.
The preacher had on Tuesday led a number of people to the Chinese Embassy in Lagos to protest the alleged mistreatment of Nigerians in China.
Magistrate Yewande Oshin granted the co-accused bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two sureties each in like sum, while Benjamin was granted N1 million bail with two sureties in like sum.
Mrs Oshin ordered that one of the sureties must be a cleric of a church with minimum of three branches.
The case will be up for mention on May 5.
