A Catholic priest in Enugu State who is
alleged to have led an assault on
policemen was yesterday remanded in
prison.
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According to reports, the priest, along
with three of his parishioners, is being
charged with assault upon a number of
policemen attached to the state
headquarters and unlawful attempt to kill
one Inspector Cosmos Nzeribe.
The Enugu Magistrate Court, which
remanded the priest was, however,
reportedly besieged by hundreds of his
supporters, who wore long faces as the
priest was being taken to the prison.
Presiding Magistrate, E.M. Egumgbe,
remanded the suspects in prison custody,
saying that they can apply for bail in a
high court.
Counsel to the priest, Ray Nnaji, who
spoke with newsmen after the court
session, said that his client was sent to
prison on trumped up charges.
Nnaji said the policemen beat up the
priest after stripping him naked and
detained him.
He said: “I have been following this
matter for some time.
“We know quite well that beating up the
police is condemnable, though the priest
has said he has no business with beating
the police and did not tell anyone to beat
the police.”
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