A Benin High Court, Criminal Division, has discharged and acquitted OSAKPAMWAN Eriyo(AKA NOMOLESS) and one Sunday Osaguona on a two count charge of conspiracy and assault brought against them.
Delivering judgment, the trial Judge, Hon. Justice Efe Ikponmwoba held that the Prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
Whereas the Court noted that a petition written by one Chief Osaro Idah was the genesis of the petition alleging assault on the Chief Security Officer to Governor Obaseki, Yusuf Haruna, the CSO who was alleged to have been assaulted on 21st December 2016, never mentioned in his statement to the Police the following day that he was pushed or dragged out of the Banquet Hall in Government House.
Reacting to the judgment, Counsel to Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo, Usunobun Lawson Evbayiro, described the judgment as a victory for the common man as reinforced by the sayin
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