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Francis Orogu, member, Nasarawa State House of Assembly coming-out of Lafia Prison after he was granted bail in a case between him and State Attorney Genera
Francis Orogu, member, Nasarawa State House
of Assembly coming-out of Lafia Prison after he was granted bail in a case between him and State Attorney Genera

By Rabiu Doma, Nasarawa

Hon. Francis Orogu, member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (PDP), representing Keana constituency was yesterday remanded in prison custody on the orders of a Lafia Upper Area Court I judge, Justice Abdullahi Shams Shama for assaulting the state commissioner for Justice, Hon.Innocent Lagi.

 

The lawmaker, who was charged before the court on a three count charge of assault, disruption of a public officer performing his duty and criminal intent, was denied bail by the presiding judge who ordered for the lawmaker to be remanded in prison custody, after adjourning the case to April 2, 2014.

 

Counsel to the plaintiff, Lagi Innocent, who is also the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Abraham Alhamdu Aloko, told journalists at the court premises that Orogu, alongside the staff officer of the state assembly, Suleiman Gyabo were arraigned together before the Upper Area Court and have been ordered to be remanded in prison custody at the Lafia prison.

 

“Since last week Thursday we have been looking for them, instantly we filed our charges we have been looking for them to get them detained and arraigned before the court”, Aloko stated.

 

He explained however that after reading the charges to the accused persons, they denied the allegations leveled against them, pleading not guilty, following which the judge reserved his ruling for April 2.

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Commenting on the matter, counsel to the accused persons, Ocha Ulegede, a Makurdi based legal practitioner, Blamed the Attorney General for appointing himself as an indicator, as well as attempting to serve a court order on the state assembly.

 

He disclosed that after the charges were read to his clients and their plea taken, the counsel to the AG requested for a date for the hearing for which he had no objection but only for the presiding judge to refuse to grant his clients bail.

 

“Under Section 340 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), even if these people don’t have a lawyer representing them, the judge was bound to grant them bail, because none of the offences carries imprisonment of up to three years”, Ulegede noted.

 

He averred that under the same Section 340 (1), the presiding judge has no discretion but to grant his clients bail but was surprised the judge merely ruled that hearing has been adjourned for April 2, with the order for his clients to be remanded in prison custody.

 

Ulegede suspected that the negation of the judge to grant Orogu bail ran divergent to the oath of office he swore to as a judge, adding that he saw the AG was up to something, stressing that he won’t permit the decision of the court to position low.

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He threatened to take the matter before the National Judicial Council (NJC), for the body to look into the demeanor of the judge, accusing him of allowing the state Attorney General to commit “this nonsense”.

 

Meanwhile, this reporter gathered that the state Chief Judge, Suleiman Umaru Dikko, has intervened in the matter, ordering the Upper Area Court Judge to grant bail to the two accused persons.

 

The state commissioner of Justice, on. Innocent Lagi was assaulted and given a life threat while attempting to serve a court order restraining the state Assembly from compelling the chairman of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Dr.Sallau Moddibo to announced election results of Nasarawa, Obi and Akwanga Local Government in favor of the PDP.

 

Hon .Orogu and Gyabo, The staff officer of the Assembly assaulted the law officers who jump the fence of the state Assembly complex to serve the order of court, The commissioner when contacted in his office said he has no regret whatsoever over his action by jumping the fence of the NSHA.

 

“Anything I does I does it within the confines of the constitution, They know my mission to the Assembly but intentional they lock the gate of the Assembly which was a public building”. He reacted.

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