The Nigeria
Police Force on Tuesday arraigned a 50-year-old man, Ahmed Echodo, for
allegedly misleading the police to conduct a raid at a building belonging to
the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday.
According to the one-count charge, two defendants
were accused of the offence, although only Mr. Echodo was arraigned at a
magistrate court in Abuja.
Security operatives had ransacked Mr.
Ekweremadu’s building on Friday morning following information accusing the
occupants of criminal offences. They found nothing incriminating during the
search.
Security officers at the building located in
Ganges street, Maitama, Abuja, told Premium Times that the raid was conducted
by police officers, under the instruction of the Inspector General of Police,
IGP, Ibrahim Idris.
Although that information was denied by the
police spokesperson, Moshood Jimoh, the police on Tuesday charged the two men
on a one-count of misleading the Nigeria Police.
According to the charge, the men, Mr. Echodo
and Maiwada Adamu, are accused of conspiring to falsely inform the office of
the IGP that the building, occupied by Oliver Ogenyi, is being maintained and
used for criminal activities including storage of arms and ammunition.
The second accused, Mr. Adamu, was not in court
while the first defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecution counsel, Ismail Tawo, informed
the court that Mr. Adamu was at large.
The magistrate, Umar Kagarko, asked the police
to find Mr. Adamu and present him in court at the next sitting.
The counsel to the defence, Peter Ngwoke,
prayed the court to grant his client bail.
Mr. Kagarko adjourned till June 5, for ruling
on the bail application.
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