A Benin High Court has refused a motion which sought to abridge the time for ruling on the bail application for Chief Johnson Atseleghe who is being charged for alleged murder and kidnapping related offences.
The court refused the argument posited by the Applicant’s counsel, Bamidele Abina, that the health of the Applicant was deteriorating owing to inadequate medical facility at the Correctional centre where he’s being remanded.
The court held that the medical report exhibited by the Applicant’s counsel does not state any illness suffered by the Applicant, moreso, nothing has changed between the time the matter was adjourned for ruling and the present day.
Chief Johnson Atseleghe,63, was earlier remanded by the court alongside Felicia Otikpere,55, Oluwa Esimijie,38, Monday Iluwa,58, Ayokotse Robinson,54, Nosa Omoregie,54, and Mofe Samuel,40.
Others be are; Magnanimous Omawumi,40, Ayuwa More,65, Amerete Ejiro,25, Onyeburutan Jeffery,25, and Benjamin Erewa,39.
They were alleged to have kidnapped and murdered one Sunny Etchie the Okaighele of Kolokolo community in Edo State.
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