Abia AAC governorship candidate, Doris Ogala, remanded in Ikoyi prison
By Damilola Akinwale –
Actress Doris Ogala, the African Action Congress (AAC) governorship candidate for Abia State in the 2027 election, has reportedly been remanded at Ikoyi Prison in Lagos pending the scheduling of her bail hearing.
The development was disclosed by comedian DeeOne in a video shared on his X handle on Wednesday. According to him, Ogala will remain in custody until a date is fixed for her bail hearing in the ongoing legal dispute involving Pastor Chris Okafor.
Ogala, whose longstanding dispute with Okafor has been widely publicised, had earlier raised concerns over alleged plans to keep her behind bars, expressing fears that such moves could threaten her freedom and affect her political ambition ahead of the 2027 Abia State governorship election.
In a series of Instagram posts on Wednesday, before her court appearance, Ogala also accused other clerics, including Pastors Jerry Eze and Johnson Suleman, as well as Abia State Governor Alex Otti, of having a hand in her remand.
She also appealed publicly against what she described as the “weaponisation of law between boyfriend and girlfriend issue”, seeking to secure her freedom while alleging that she had knowledge of a major secret.
In a related development, Chidi, a close associate of the actress, called for her release in an Instagram post on Wednesday, rejecting what he described as the politicisation of a civil matter to intimidate or frustrate the AAC governorship candidate.
“We categorically reject the politicisation of a civil matter as a tool to witch-hunt, intimidate, or frustrate our governorship candidate, Dr Doris Ogala,” he wrote, adding that civil disputes should not be used as instruments of political persecution.
Chidi maintained that the courtroom should remain a temple of justice rather than a battleground for political disputes. He called on human rights activists, democracy advocates, AAC members and well-meaning Nigerians to join the campaign against what he described as attempts to frustrate Ogala’s political aspirations.
