A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Hyacinth Nsude, was on Thursday, arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly committing perjury against his party.
It was gathered that Nsude was arrested by the police on Wednesday night following a petition by two persons who claimed to be acting on behalf of APC, alleging that Nsude committed perjury against the party.
After investigation, the police arraigned him in Court on a one-count charge of perjury.
When the charge was read to Nsude, he pleaded not guilty before the presiding Chief Magistrate, Nnena Madu.
Making submissions before the Court, counsel to the defendant (Nsude), Ik Ozor argued that the charge should be dismissed as the supposed complainant was not in court and was not represented by anybody. He equally asked the Court to grant the defendant bail, which the Court obliged.
The Court further ordered that APC should appear in Court on the next adjourned date to indicate whether it was aware of such complaint for which Nsude was being prosecuted. The matter was however adjourned to March 11 for further hearing.
It could be recalled that Nsude and other APC members in Enugu State are before the Enugu State High Court challenging the decision of the State Government to constitute caretaker committees for the 17 local government areas in the State, instead of conducting local government elections to elect chairmen and councilors for the councils. The tenure of the last council administration elapsed on January 5 this year.
In his reaction, the state chairman of APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, simply said "the law should take its course, adding that he cannot be commenting on a matter before a competent court of jurisdiction.


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