AN Abakaliki Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebonyi State, on Friday, September 6, remanded a lawyer, Sunday Ununu, in custody for alleged murder and disruption of court’s proceedings.
Ununu, 45, had appeared before the court on a two-count charge of unlawful possession of firearm and murder, preferred against him by the Police.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), when the case was called, Ununu started shouting as he entered the dock, but worked out of the court without following the proper procedure.
The Magistrate, Mr. Ojemba Isu-Oko, consequently ordered he be remanded at the correctional centre.
He subsequently adjourned the case until September 20 for hearing.
The Police Prosecutor, Eze Ndubuaku (ASP), had told the court that on August 21, at Agbaja-Unuhu in Abakaliki Local Council of the state, the defendant caused the death of one Nnamdi Nwite-Ugo by shooting him with a gun.
According to him, the offences contravened Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 33, Vol. 1 Laws of Ebonyi 2009, as well as Section 11 of Ebonyi State Internal Security Enforcement and Other Related Matters Law, 2009.
