The Nigerian husband of a politician in the Free State has been granted bail after being arrested for housing undocumented immigrants.
Nigerian husband of prominent politician, Lyndon Adentuji Odili, has been granted R10,000 bail after appearing in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on charges of allegedly harbouring undocumented foreign nationals at his guesthouse.
The 56-year-old appeared in court on Wednesday following his arrest for allegedly contravening the Immigration Act, 2002.
The case was postponed to July 31 to allow for further police investigations.
Odili faces 18 counts of allegedly harbouring, aiding, abetting, assisting or enabling undocumented foreign nationals to remain in the country in violation of the immigration laws.
