Again Rivers Court Adjourns For Plea Taking In Trial Of Four Suspects Indicted In Murder Of Chidi Onukwe
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has again adjourned till 29th of September for plea taking in the murder trial of four suspects fingered in the killing of one Chidi Onwukwe.
Samuel Onwukwe, Andrew Epai Otanye, Blessed Onyekachi, Samuel Emmason Promise George and , are standing trial in charge sheet PHC/667/CR/2022, state High Court sitting in Port Harcourt over their alleged involvement in the killing of Chidi Onwukwe.
On the last adjourned date, 16th July, the process was stalled following lack of counsels to defend three of the suspects in the matter.
Also, the prosecutor, Essien Edet, had notified the court that the prosecution had an amended charge against the suspects and applied to the court to substitute the initial charge filed on the 2nd Day of March, 2022, with the amended charge.
Court had adjourned till 28th July to enable the suspects get legal representatives to appear for them in court before plea would be taken.
But when the court resumed on the matter, the prosecutor was absent in court and
the suspects were not also brought to court except the 3rd defendant, Blessed Onyekachi, who is on an administrative bail.
However, the counsel for the second defendant, Jane Okpamen, told the court that the prosecutor was not in town.
She said: “The prosecutor called me that he went to Akwa Ibom and said I should take date after the vacation that he travelled.”
She said her client, second defendant is at the police station waiting for the police to bring them to the court.
Okpamen further requested the court to strike out the matter until the prosecutor is ready to go on with the matter.
Meanwhile, the triall judge, Justice Sylvester Popnen adjourned till 29th September, 2022 for plea.
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on Aug 8 2022. Filed under National.
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