The Apapa Justice of the Peace Courtroom has discharged and acquitted Alabi Quadri, the boy who gained reputation throughout the 2023 basic elections after confronting the marketing campaign convoy of then-Labour Social gathering presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Sitting at Courtroom 9, Sikiru Adagun Courthouse in Orege, Ajegunle, the court docket on Thursday dominated that Quadri had no case to reply relating to prices of conspiracy to commit felony and armed theft.
Quadri spent months in detention on the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos.
He was dropped at court docket on April 17, 2025, amid tight safety. Though the listening to was initially scheduled for April 28, the looks was introduced ahead following a request collectively made by human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a transfer the court docket authorized.
Quadri, in 2023, was captured standing in entrance of Peter Obi’s marketing campaign convoy, incomes him widespread admiration.
Nevertheless, his rising public profile reportedly led to envy and resentment inside his area people. Based on his lawyer, Quadri’s subsequent arrest and detention stemmed not from any prison act, however from vendettas carried by “space boys” who believed they have been entitled to share within the {financial} and social goodwill that adopted his reputation.