A 21-year-old girl, Blessing Levi has been arraigned by the Rivers State police command for indecent dressing and for taking pictures of police officers on duty.
Miss Levi was on Tuesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Choba, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area for taking a photograph of a policeman on duty without consent.”
The accused is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on indecent dressing and taking a snapshot of the officer on duty without seeking permission.
The police claimed Blessing in May 2020, snapped a police sergeant without his consent.
In the charge sheet, police also claimed she was “dressed indecently with an intention to cause disorderliness amongst members of the public”.
When the charges were read to Blessing, she pleaded not guilty to all of them.
Israel Agbaeaor, the trial Chief Magistrate, granted her bail of N100,000 with surety in like sum.
The Magistrate noted that the surety, whose residence must be within the court’s jurisdiction, should deposit two of his/her passport photograph and ordered that she be remanded in police custody until her bail conditions are met.
The matter was later to October 22nd, 2020 for hearing.
