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A chief magistrate court in Port Harcourt has remanded Ephraim Nwuzi, lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma federal constituency, in prison.

A chief magistrate court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, has remanded Ephraim Nwuzi, lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma federal constituency, in prison.treasonable felony, conspiracy, promotion of communal crisis, and inciting violence.

Grace Iringe-Koko, Rivers state police spokesperson, in a statement, said the APC lawmaker had been issued an invite for questioning over an inciting video where he allegedly directed his supporters to attack some persons, including officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission during the elections on Saturday.At the court session on Wednesday, Emenike Ebete, counsel to the accused, made an oral application for bail.

“The offences preferred against him include treasonable felony, conspiracy, inciting violence, promotion of communal crisis, conspiracy, etc., and that they are investigating him and that they want the court to remand him in correctional centre pending investigations,” he said.

 

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Only in Rivers you see all these happening, a lawmaker serving but in imo State people are talking to the governor anyhow and getting away with it.

Wike no be Obaseki... Oshiomole is very lucky he doesn't have somebody like Wike as governor 😂

Hmmm already

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