The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday arraigned a 50 year old man, Ahmed Echodo, for allegedly misleading the police force, to conduct a raid at a residense belonging to the deputy Senate president, Ike Ekeremadu, on Friday.
According to the one-count charge, two defendants were accused of the offense, though only Mr. Echodo was arraigned at a magistrate court in Abuja.
Security operatives had ransacked Mr. Ekweremadu’s residense on Friday morning in search of evidense, following information indicting occupants in the residense of criminal offences, but found nothing.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported that security officers at residense located in Ganges street Maitama Abuja, told this paper that the raid was conducted by Police officers, under the instruction of the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris.
Although that information was denied by the force public relations officer, Moshood Jimoh; the force on Tuesday charged two men on a one-count for misleading the Nigeria Police.
According to the charge, the men; Mr. Echodo and Maiwada Adamu are accused of conspiring to falsely inform the office of the IGP that Mr. Ekweremadu’s residense at number 10 Ganges Street, Maitama, Abuja, and occupied by Oliver Ogenyi is been maintained and used for criminal activities such as rhe maintance of arms and ammunitions.
The second accused Mr. Adamu was not in court while the first defendant pleaded not guilty to th charge.
The prosecution counsel, Ismail Tawo, informed the court that Mr. Adamu was at large.
The Magistrate, Umar Kagarko, asked the police to find Mr. Adamu and present him in court at the next sitting.
Counsel to the defense, Peter Ngwoke prayed the court to grant his client bail.
Mr. Kagarko adjourned till June 5, for ruling on the bail application.
He odered the accused to be remanded in prison.
source: today nigeria
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