The accused, V incent Chikwukume and
Nnandi Ujunwa , were arraigned under
Sections 79 and 267 of the Penal Code, after
they were caught in the act inside a car
» parked by the road by policemen on
routine surveillance of the city on Aminu
Kano Crescent, Wuse II, at 12:45 a.m., on
Wednesday, June 8.
The police prosecutor, A.Z. Dalhatu, told the
court that when the police subjected the
accused persons to interrogations, the
defendants came out of the car and
assaulted one Sergeant Okpwe John,
attached to the police patrol team.
When the charges were read to the accused,
they both pleaded not guilty and were
granted bail by the presiding judge, Abubakar
Sadiq, in the sum of N30,000 each, with two
sureties who must be on Grade Level 10 in
the Federal Civil Service.
Nnameka Ezeani,
applied for a court order for the release of
the car in which the act was allegedly
committed, the presiding judge refused,
saying that the issue of the car was not
mentioned in the first information report
presented to the court and therefore lacked
capacity to order for its release.
Sadiq thereafter adjourned the case to July
13 for hearing.
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