An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice Comfort Ani has discharged and acquitted seven members of 0gbozinne community in Nkanu West local council of Enugu State who were arrested and charged for the murder of the traditional ruler
Those discharged and acquitted by the court include a Methodist Priest, Rev. Kenneth Azikiwe Okafor; Pastor Joseph Okenwa; Uchenna Edeh; Leonard Nnam; Nnemba Comfort Okenwa; Lawrence Nnajiofor and Nwodo Chinedu.
Nwatu had died following injuries he received while attempting to block the convoy of members of the community going to the Government House, Enugu, to protest his alleged high handedness, including outrageous burial and security levies, forced labour and collection of percentage on every land sold in the community. The brawl that led to his death at the Parklane Hospital, Enugu, took place at Amodu junction in the area.
Delivering judgment on the matter, Justice Ani said that she did not find anything against the accused persons and exonerated them of all the charges placed against them. “I cannot see circumstantial evidence strong enough to tie the defendants to the murder of the deceased in the face of uninvestigated alibi raised by some of the defendants.
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