A magistrate’s court in Ebonyi has ordered the remand of Linus Okorie, the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi south...
October 19, 2022 12:03 PMEbonyi
Okorie, a former member of the house of representatives, is contesting for the same legislative seat with Dave Umahi, governor of the state. At the court session, Chikodili Nome, lead counsel to Okorie, said the charges against his client was just to keep him behind bars and weaken him and his supporters.He stated that the suit was an abuse of court process as there was a subsisting order of a federal high court barring the police and the state government from arresting and prosecuting Okorie.
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