The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday arraigned one Chinyere Amuchienwa Igwegbe for furnishing the police authorities with false information against former governor of Imo State, Dr Ikedi Ohakim and one Chinedu Okpareke.
The Police filed the four-count charge against the defendant before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, bordering on allegations of criminal conspiracy, intimidation, defamation of character, attempted kidnapping and threat to life punishable with imprisonment for failing to substantiate the allegations and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 140 of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigeria.
Count one of the four-count charge reads, “That you Chinyere Amuchienwa Igwegbe ‘F’ of 7B Emelda Estate Apo, Abuja, FCT on or about the 14th August 2020 within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did furnish police authorities with false information and via allegations in a petition by your solicitors, Agala & Agala Chambers to a public servant against Dr Ikedi Ohakim and Chinedu Okpareke on allegations of criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation, defamation of character, attempted kidnapping and threat to life, punishable with imprisonment, which could not be substantiated and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 140 of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigeria.”
In count three, the police accused the defendant of “intentionally exposing her genital organs and caused distress to other parties and that you did so with a selfie video with intention of deriving sexual pleasure from such act and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 26(3) of the violence against persons (Prohibition) Act 2015”.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the four-count charge when they were read out to her in the court and her counsel, I.O Nweze moved a bail application on her behalf.
Nweze said the matter at Federal High Court, which has been taken over by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation is awaiting a ruling in September and the police arrested the defendant on the same day, July 8, 2021 that the court sat on the matter, which she was the nominal complaint.
He told the court that the police has no right to take over a matter that has already been taken over by the office of the AGF.
In her response, the prosecution counsel, R. F Dimka did not oppose the bail application, saying that granting of bail is at the discretion of the court.
She however prayed the court to attach stringent conditions in granting the defendant’s bail to ensure her presence in court to face her trial.
She narrated that the defendant had refused to honour several police invitations to her during investigations and that a warrant of arrest has to be secured before she was able to appear in court on Thursday for her arraignment.
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