Ajalli magistrate court Two sitting in Orumba North Magisterial District, presided over by Stella Ezeudeka, has adjourned till April, twenty-eighth, 2022, a case of malicious damage preferred against Vincent Okolo and four others by the Commissioner of Police, Anambra state.
In a two-count charge, in the suit number AJMC/18c/2022, Messers Vincent Okolo, Margret Udensi, Patience Akubuo, Emeka Okolo and Nnamdi Okolo are being accused of conspiracy among themselves to commit misdemeanor.
It is a charge of malicious damage on twenty-ninth March at Obinikpa Village Ajalli, an offence punishable under section four-nine six (a) of the criminal code cap thirty-six volume two, Revised Law of Anambra State of Nigeria 1991.
Emmanuel Chigbata reports that they were also accused of damaging a seat- out structure, chairs and properties belonging to one Honorable Monica Okolo valued at Ten million naira, an offence punishable under section four-one-five of the criminal code cap thirty-six volume eleven, Revised Law of Anambra State of Nigeria 1991.
However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges leveled against them, which led to the adjournment of the case for further hearing.
The Counsel to the defendant, Barrister Emem Jimmy, applied to the court that the defendants be admitted to bail as some of them are aged and are noble men and women of their community.
The Magistrate who granted the defendants bail of one hundred thousand naira each with provision of sureties, while urging both parties to seek for peace and settle their disputes at the family level, adding that court is not the proper place for settling such family related issue, even as the prosecutor, Inspector Edward Etta also cautioned both parties to maintain peace at home until the case is determined.
However, speaking to the newsmen after the court sitting, the complainant, who is a sister to the defendants, narrated that the first son accompanied his siblings to destroy her apartment, claiming to have right over everything which belongs to their late father.
The Complainant alleged that she built the family house and her own when their Late father was still alive , adding that the first son had already seized four out of the eight rooms that she built.
She maintained that if they want to negotiate for peace, that they have to pay for all the damages and write an undertaking not to destroy her properties again.
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