A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on
Thursday remanded three persons in prison for murder of a
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), lecturer, Dr. Eeba
Lebari.
The suspects are – the deceased’s gateman, Christopher Kinanee,
Lebari Robert Tambari, and Ibrahim Useni, a Republic of Benin
national.
Useni was the deceased’s housemaid.
The suspects were arrested between December 2015 and early this
month.
They were arraigned for conspiracy, kidnapping and murder.
The Chief Magistrate, Andrew Jaja, ordered that the charges be
read out to the accused.
He, however, said the court lacks the powers to entertain the
case, being a capital offence punishable with maximum sentence.
He ordered that the original case file be duplicated and handed
over to the registrar of the court, who will in turn forward same
to the office of the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for
advice.
He adjourned the case till September 28.
A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on
Thursday remanded three persons in prison for murder of a
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), lecturer, Dr. Eeba
Lebari.
The suspects are – the deceased’s gateman, Christopher Kinanee,
Lebari Robert Tambari, and Ibrahim Useni, a Republic of Benin
national.
Useni was the deceased’s housemaid.
The suspects were arrested between December 2015 and early this
month.
They were arraigned for conspiracy, kidnapping and murder.
The Chief Magistrate, Andrew Jaja, ordered that the charges be
read out to the accused.
He, however, said the court lacks the powers to entertain the
case, being a capital offence punishable with maximum sentence.
He ordered that the original case file be duplicated and handed
over to the registrar of the court, who will in turn forward same
to the office of the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for
advice.
He adjourned the case till September 28.
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