Court remands 39-year-old farmer for alleged murder

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A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 39-year-old farmer, Joseph Awua at the Correctional Centre Makurdi, for the alleged murder of one Alexander Terver. Awua, who lives at Angbaaye in Guma Local Government Area of Benue, is being tried for alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and acts of terrorism.

However, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Kelvin Mbanongun, who did not take his plea for want of jurisdiction, ordered his remand at the correctional facility and adjourned the matter until Aug 12, 2024, for further mention. Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Godwin Ato, told the court that the case was reported at the State CID, Makurdi on June 3, in a petition written by Mrs Lucy Terver, widow of the deceased.

The petitioner stated that some armed men had invaded their house at Pass-Brothers Community, Gboko Road in Guma on May 30, 2024 and attacked her family. She said the armed men shot sporadically at her husband’s room windows, which forced him to come out and he was killed on the spot. The prosecutor said that a mobile phone belonging to one of the attackers was recovered from the crime during the police investigation.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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