Police Arraigns Two Edo Lawmakers

Two current serving lawmakers and others were on Friday arraigned before an Oredo Magistrate Court for alleged assault. 

The accused comprised Edo State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Hon. Philip Shaibu and the lawmaker representing Ovia South West, Sunday Aghedo as well as three others, the Nation reports.

Edo State House of Assembly Speaker Uyi Igbe

They are standing trial for allegedly assaulting one Hon. Abdulrazaq Momoh whose seat has since been declared vacant following the incident.

Punch on Thursday, October 9, 2014, reported that the state police command commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, invited Igbe, Shaibu and another member, Folly Ogedegbe, at about 11am for questioning over the attack on Hon. Abdulrazak Momoh. Momoh, who is a Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker, is currently receiving treatment at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital after he was seriously injured on Tuesday night by thugs who reportedly scaled the fence of the legislative quarters where he resides.

It was gathered that others arraigned with the two lawmakers are Eboise Emmanuel, Promise Ogisos and Ernest Arasomwan.

The accused persons are standing trial for two count charge in suit number MOR/559/C/2014, before Magistrate, Peter Asemota. They all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

However, the two lawmakers were granted bail on personal recognition while others were granted bail in the sum of N200, 000 and a surety in like sum.

Magistrate Asemota, adjourned the case to October 29, for hearing.

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, on Thursday, October 8 pointed accusing fingers at each other over the attack on a PDP lawmaker, Hon. Rasak Momoh.