Police arraign killer soldier in Abia
The police command in Abia on Wednesday arraigned former Lance Cpl in the Nigerian Army, Johnson Ajayi, at an Umuahia Chief Magistrate Court on a one count charge of unlawful killing.
The accused was said to have trailed the deceased to his country home, where he reportedly shot him for allegedly failing to drop N100 tip at the checkpoint.Ajayi, who reportedly fled the area after the act, was later arrested, tried and dismissed from the army and subsequently handed over to the Abia police command on Wed., Aug. 21 for prosecution.
Ugbaja thereafter ordered that he be remanded in prison custody, saying that she lacked the jurisdiction to try the matter. Mr Chibuzor Adiele, counsel for the deceased’s widow, Chiamaka, promised that the Ministry of Justice would file the case at the Hight Court which, according to him, has jurisdiction over it.
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