A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of seven persons in a correction centre for allegedly killing one Thaddeus Ujilla.
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The State’s Police Command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, revealed this in a statement issued in Awka Friday, saying the man died during a fight on Thursday.
A shootout between Customs officials and rice smugglers had resulted in the killing of some residents in Iseyin, a town in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.
The police charged Agbaje, who resides in Dutse, Abuja, with mischief.
This was contained in a release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Saturday.
According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, the incident was reported by an online newspaper, News Express, on May 10, 2021 which itself credited it to TVC News.
The spokesman, DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Makurdi that the Markurdi Zonal headquarters of the police would conduct further investigation into the killing.
The police charged Clement, who resides on Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna, with culpable homicide.
The police prosecutor, Caleb Leranmo, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on October 9, at Oye-Ekiti.
The lawmakers expressed their displeasure in Abuja in a statement signed by the Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta).
The accused, who is married with two wives and seven children, allegedly committed the crime on May 6.