A former Niger state Commissioner for science and technology, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Katcha has been ordered remanded in a Minna Prison pending a formal bail application.

Katcha was charged to court based on a report by one Isah Lapaine to tudun wada, Minna police station, Lapiane said in a first information report that he was called on phone by Alhaji Abubakar Katcha and he (katcha) was “raining series of abuse on him over a reason better known to him”

The presiding Chief Magistrate Shabafu haven denied the counsel to the accused, Mahmud Muhammad the opportunity to move an oral bail application after the accused has pleaded not quilty to the alleged offense, said the offense is ordinarily bailable and at the discretion of the court, considering section 341 of the penal code law and his counsel should come formally with a bail application.

The case was then adjourned to 6th of January 2020, for further mention.

It will be recalled that Alhaji Abubakar Katcha has been at logger heads with people in position of power, he was recently granted bail by a Minna Chief Magistrate court ii in petition accusing him of inciting public disturbance by his comments on Facebook saying Niger state has not fixed roads by the chief of state to the Niger state Governor Abubakar Sani Bello.

Counsel to Katcha, Mahmud Muhammad esq, said “the offense is ordinarily bailable having recourse to section 341 of penal code law on the ground that the accused person was charged under section 399 of the penal code law punishable on conviction by 2 years imprisonment with option of fine”

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I don't understand. What of those that have been "raining series of abuses" on buhari nko?

Come and go and jail them na

Good

The power of the tongue. It can lead you astray and otherwise

Police are up to the task