Saturday, July 20, 2024 -A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in connection with the alleged murder of a female Police Inspector, Christiana Erekere (pictured above).
The suspects, including a groom
identified as Efeoghene Uwheraka, were arraigned by the police on 13 counts
bothering on conspiracy to murder, among others.
Recall that it was reported months
earlier that some wedding guests in Rivers State, on Thursday, April 25, 2024,
attacked a female Police Inspector, Christiana Erekere, and hacked her to death
after she stopped them for a search operation along the Taabaa community in
Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on their way to Akwa Ibom State for
a wedding ceremony
The guests allegedly carried out the
act in anger after the police team queried the validity of the document of one
of the vehicles they were travelling in.
During the arraignment, the suspects
pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The trial judge, Justice Augusta
Chukwu, however, refused the bail applications of the defendants and ordered
that they be remanded in prison custody.
Justice Chukwu then adjourned the
matter to October 8 for an accelerated hearing.
The lead prosecution counsel, Mercy
Nweke, who spoke to newsmen after the court proceedings said it was a capital
offence.
She explained, “They applied for bail
but the court refused bail.
“You know it is a capital offence and
the matter has been adjourned for accelerated hearing. It is a case of murder.
They murdered a policewoman inside the police station.”
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