A
Chief Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday [Dec. 20]
remanded in custody three students of the University of Port Harcourt
(UNIPORT). They were detained in connection with the October 5 murder of four undergraduates
of the university in Aluu.
The
order came shortly after the resumed sitting of the court in which the 13
accused persons were remanded for their roles in the death of the four youths.
Finebone Jeffrey (23), Joshua Ekpe (27) and Abang
Cyril (27), according to police prosecutors, were involved in the killing
of the UNIPORT Four.
Deputy
Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID) Sam Okaula confirmed the accused as
UNIPORT students.
He
alleged that they caused the death of the victims by attacking them with a dog.
Okaula said the dog was also in
police custody.
On
October 5, the four undergraduates were lynched at Omuokiri-Aluu for allegedly
stealing mobile phones and laptops.
The
victims were Biringa Chiadika Lordson
(20), Ugonna Kelechi Obuzor (18), Lloyd Toku Mike (18) and Tekena Erikena (20).
On
October 17, the 13 arrested suspects, including the monarch of Omuokiri-Aluu, Hassan Welewa (59), were arraigned and
remanded in prison custody. They were not in court yesterday.
Chief
Magistrate Emmanuel Woke did not take any plea on October 17 but he referred
the suspects’ case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), for legal
advice.
At
yesterday’s sitting, the police prosecutor, Sgt. Aaron Nsirem, said the 13
suspects in Port Harcourt prisons could not appear in court.
The Chief
Magistrate reminded
the accused persons of their legal rights to approach a higher court for their
bail application and adjourned the matter to February 28, 2013, for mention.
The
three accused persons were moved out of the court premises in a white Toyota
Hiace bus marked, FG 128 F50, to the Port Harcourt prisons.
- TheNATION
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