By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Courts in Kuje and Karu have remanded the eight suspected burglars of the Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) national secretariat in prison.
Recall that on Monday, July 28, the SDP national secretariat was invaded and burgled by some persons suspected to be working for some politicians, carting away administrative papers, payment vouchers, official stamps, bank books and office equipment.
A statement by the SDP National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, said the eight suspects, comprising seven men and one woman, had been arrested by the police and arraigned before the two Magistrate’s courts on Tuesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 31.
The courts later remanded them in Keffi, Kuje and Suleja Prisons, respectively.
According to the statement, the suspects were arrested by the FCT Police Command and initially kept in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody before they were charged to courts.
The suspects, according to the statement, include Mr. Ambo Ekpenyong, Humphrey Onwukaeze, Mr. Eluwa Ifeanyi Henry, Chief Solsuema Osaro and Mr Nurudeen Bissallah.
The other three are Dogara Abubakar, Adamu Abubakar Modibbo and Judith Isreal Shuaibu.
Part of the statement reads: “All the eight invaders were detained in police custody and charged to court on Tuesday and Thursday, July 29 and 31, respectively.
“The materials recovered from them were tendered in court by the police prosecution team.”
Aiyenigba alleged that the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru Elrufai made frantic efforts to bail the eight accused persons but failed.
“They are currently in the three prisons awaiting their days in court for hearing of the cases against them,” he said.
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