Court remands four men for attacking two policemen in Abuja

A Kubwa magistrates’ court in Abuja, on Thursday, March 14, remanded four men in police custody for allegedly inflicting injuries on two policemen performing their duty.

The defendants, Gabriel Ezekiel, Jude Danlami, Daniel Effiong and Jacob Yohana, were charged with criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, theft and obstructing a police officer while performing lawful duty.

Earlier, the prosecuting counsel, John Okpa, told the court that the complainant, Joshua Matthew, reported the matter at the Byazhin Police Station on March 6.

Okpa alleged that the defendants and their accomplices broke into the complainant’s house and stole a Smart TV and N100,000 cash.

While the police were effecting arrest, he said, the defendants attacked the policemen with cutlasses, sticks and stones.

He said police inspectors, Wabi Elisha and Ujah Sunday, sustained injuries as a result and are currently receiving treatment at the National Hospital. 

Magistrate Oyepeju Mustapha adjourned the matter until March 20 for ruling in their bail application.