A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday remanded 32 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in prison

The suspects were arrested after they allegedly engaged in a bloody clash with security operatives during which a policeman was killed, his rifle taken away and three others injured.

The Tuesday afternoon attack at a military checkpoint in Obehie, Abia State moved to Oyigbo Junction in Port Harcourt where the policeman was shot dead. Three other policemen were injured and two Police vans burnt. Three police weapons and 68 live ammunition were carted away, among others.

The 32 suspects were arraigned for murder, armed robbery, unlawful assembly and treasonable felony, among others.

The Magistrate declined jurisdiction and ordered that the case files be transmitted to the office of the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

Magistrate Amadi Amadi-Nna adjourned the matter indefinitely.

Efforts by the accused lawyers to make the court turn down the case file for reassignment to a high court failed.

The lawyers said the charge against their clients were trumped up, and urged that they be disregarded and the defendants be discharged.

They lashed the police for charging them before a court that lacks the powers to prosecute.

The prosecution, led by Enoch Gorge, a Superintendent of Police, objected to the submission and urged the court to use its discretion in the charge.

George told reporters later: “We are aware that the court lacks jurisdiction in the matter but we are here on remand proceeding.

“The defence counsel canvassed that the charge be struck out and the suspects discharged just like that but we objected on the grounds that the charges pressed on them are heavy.”

He assured the public that the Police would ensure that the seven-day deadline provided for by section 304 of Administration of Criminal Justice Administration to transmit the case file to the DPP would be kept to ensure that justice was done to both the defendants and the society.

The charge was not read out to the accused persons.

The 23 suspects arrested over the Tuesday afternoon fracas were charged with treasonable Felony. The nine arrested for the murder of the policeman and on the second day were charged with murder, armed robbery, unlawful assembly among others.

http://thenationonlineng.net/court-remands-32-suspected-ipob-men-prison/


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Ok

River State government did the right thing. IPOB is a terrorists organization.

ok. Let the law take its course.

I hope after a while they will be release just as the continuous release of Bokoharam after all one is a terrorist and the other are armless protesters.

Sarrki ooo!
oya oya oya ooo!
food don done...

Suspected members of IPOB. So IPOB is now a terrorist organisation..haha. oh Buhari. Oh Nigeria.

In few months/years to come there would be so much killing in this Nigeria, that the government would start begging IPOB to come to the round table for negotiating but it would be too late.


IPOB never killed anybody all through their agitation. But Buhari sent his boys to shoot and kill unarmed people and yet, animals are clapping for the Nigeria soldiers.

IPOB are peaceloving people. Biafrans are not terrorists.

if you like frustrate,hate,fight n battle an ideology....once the fire burns in the heart of many,it cannot be killed....


the sun must rise from the east,no matter what the devil brings

Good.

Nice one..I taught they said ipob is not violent

nawa for dis Country

is it by force to join this entity called Nigeria

Operation python dance

Good development.
I hope there will be crying foul when eventually they are found either innocent or guilty.

The killing of a security personnel is a very serious crime

This is serious.

Bunch of cowards!!

Their foods .....

sleemfesh:
Good development.
I hope there will be crying foul when eventually they are found either innocent or guilty.

Imagine just 32 out of millions.keep locking them up till they stop provoking others

Smh

Useless country
All the fulani herdsmen that keep killing ppl in their sleep are still walking freely looking for whom to devour.
All the hausa/ fulani riot murderers are still walking freely ,till today .......they killed in kano,kaduna,plateau, kastina etc yet non were arrested nor imprisoned .
Yet this dullard of à president has the guts to arrest n imprison innocent ppl of the southeast defending themselves .
Continue no p i just hope u have enough prisons to contain 90million biafrans.
Cos nothing u throw at us wud stop us from our mission to actualise Biafra .

Boko Haram

Militants

Herdsmen

IPOB

If Nigeria doesn't address unemployment, poverty & education, issues like these will keep surfacing.

SladeWilson:

http://thenationonlineng.net/court-remands-32-suspected-ipob-men-prison/

It is well with IPOB

meanwhile they continue releasing boko haram and Fulani bandits on a daily bases who is deceiving who.

hope they will release them without bail

They are just suffering for nothing

Cool. That's good


Where's nnamdi many their saviour?


You threatened the unity of a whole country, then threatened to bring back the head of the president. Nobody saw anything wrong in what you were doing and saying.


Now facts lacking sentimental brains are blaming the Nigerian army for defending the sovereignty of
Nigeria.

Much as I am not a fan of buhari and his ruling tactics, I refuse to condone a fraudster.

You have ekweremadu and co in senate, why didn't you appeal to them to include referendum in the constitution.




You will rot in that cell.



Hausa Fulani herdsmen must be dealt with in the same manner


Silly things