At the adjourned hearing of the case on Thursday, both the arresting officers and prosecution counsel were absent.
Mariam Alo, the counsel to the defendants, told the judge that aside from a copy of the charge sheet which the defence received from the police, there was no other evidence or proof that the defendants had done anything.
PCEI, JEI and the Nigerian Slum Federation had earlier said the arrested persons were arraigned on frivolous charges. Mrs Alo told the court to consider the defendants’ status as they are physically challenged and they need to quickly dispense the business of the day. Given the absence of the prosecution counsel, she prayed the court to strike out the case for lack of evidence.
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