The Development has moved the courts presiding on the matter have advised, Did you know that the abducted Anambra Labour Party Gubernatorial candidate has been missing since 2021.
The court memorandum of understanding as at the time of filing this report read as follows:
𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗣 𝗚𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟳
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Furthermore the absence in court of Mr China Gift Esq., has for the second time, stalled the hearing of the kidnap charge preferred against two suspects, Jude Odimegwu and Nwokolo Maxwell who are currently standing trial before an Nnewi High Court 1, over the alleged kidnapping of the Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, Obiorah Agbasimalo.
Gift Esq, is the counsel to the first defendant, Odimegwu.
According to the charge read by the DSS in court, the accused persons had on September 18, 2021, at Lilu in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, allegedly attacked and caused disappearance of the victim Obiorah Agbasimalo, a Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2021 Anambra governorship elections whose whereabouts is still yet unknown at present.
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The offences, the prosecution stated, were contrary to Sections 495 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 36, Vol. II, Revised Laws of Anambra state of Nigeria, 1991 and 315 (2) (a) (b) (c) of the Criminal Code (Amended) Law of Anambra state of Nigeria, 2009.
The Magistrate court had while remanding them in the prison custody, also ordered the police to transfer the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions, for legal advice.
On receiving the case file, the DPP, in turn, came up with the same two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.
In the charge prepared by N.J. Nwankwo Esq., the DPP alleged that while armed with guns and other offensive weapons, the accused persons kidnapped Obiorah Agbasimalo against his will and thereafter demanded for a ransom of N1million, N5million and another N1million totaling N7million from his family for his release and yet after receiving the ransom, failed to release him till date.
After the matter was adjourned, the accused persons on handcuffs, were kept outside the court hall while other criminal cases were
Do you know that Obiora Agbasimalo, the Anambra Gubernatorial Candidate of the Labor Party, was abducted on the 18th Sept last year during a political rally?
Till today, no one has seen him. pic.twitter.com/DZJBZwcsha
— Ozii Baba Anieto (@ozii_baba) April 25, 2022
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