Police in Enugu State has arraigned the traditional ruler of Obeagu Ugwuaji, Awkunanaw Autonomous Community of the state, Christopher Nyia, for alleged attempted kidnapping among other charges.
Mr Nyia was said to have wilfully and unlawfully destroyed the house of one Hillary Okoye valued at N1.6 million and committed an offence punishable under sect. 451 of the same law. The defense counsel, Osita Ogbu, applied for the quashing of the charges against his client on grounds that the case had earlier been heard and dismissed by an Enugu Magistrates Court in 2016.The counsel, who tendered the certified copies of the proceedings, said it was surprising that the prosecution would bring up the matter again.
Mr Ogbu said criminalisation was a residual matter under the 1999 Constitution and amended except in treasonable felony.He said his client was charged under the criminal code applicable in Abuja, adding that Enugu State had its own Criminal Procedure Law. “We urge the court to quash the charges and discharge the accused person as he is not charged under any valid law,” he said.
However, the prosecution counsel, D. T. Abi, opposed the bail application on the grounds that the allegations were heinous.
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