Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Nnobi, Idemmli South Council Area has adjourned the case between the State Commissioner of Police and one Chief Chijioke Okaa to Friday June Sixteen for further mentioning. The adjournment was due to absence of the defendant in the court.
Chief Okaa was to be arraigned before the court on a five count charge including attempt to commit felony by inducing one Miss Victoria Mbachu to make a title document of a land in his favour with intent to fraudulently covert the property to his own.
He was also charged for conspiring to commit misdemeanor through forcible entry of a property belonging to Mr Bonaventure Ezekwenna, wilful and unlawful damage of a building valued at ten million naira belonging to Mr Bonaventure Ezekwenna and giving false information to the Inspector General of Police and his investigating police officers that he duly purchased a land from one Miss Victoria Mbachu which he knew was false with intent to deceive the police to use its powers against Miss Victoria Mbachu and Mr Bonaventure Ezekwenna.
When the case came up for mention, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Edith Okonkwo said certain developments did not allow the police to bring the defendant from custody in Abuja for arraignment before the court and explained that she agreed with the defence counsel that the defendant would be in court in the next adjourned date for arraignment.
The presiding Chief Magistrate, Chief Magistrate Ken Nwoye asked the police to ensure that the defendant is in court in the next adjourned date to face charges against him and stressed that the police should strive not to detained anybody beyond constitutionally stipulated time.
According to the Chief Magistrate, only the court has the powers to order the detention of anybody beyond the period specified by the constitution if and when the need arises.
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