The Rivers lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday morning at his residence in Chokocho, Etche LGA by policemen.
By Jeffrey Agbo
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital has remanded a federal lawmaker, Ephraim Nwuzi, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre.
Nwuzi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) represents Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
The Nigeria Police Force accused the lawmaker of inciting violence in a video.
Speaking to journalists after the court session on Wednesday, counsel to the Rivers lawmaker, Emenike Ebete, said the offences preferred against his client were insufficient to warrant a remand.
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“The offences preferred against him include treasonable felony, conspiracy, inciting violence, promotion of communal crisis, conspiracy and that they are investigating him. They want the court to remand him in a correctional centre pending investigations.
“We have also submitted to the court that the offences disclosed in the particulars and affidavit attached were not sufficient enough for him to be remanded.”
Ebete said the court ruled that the offences were grievous and that the Rivers lawmaker should be remanded in prison custody till March 3, 2023, pending when a charge will be preferred against him by the state.
Nwuzi was arrested on Wednesday morning at his residence in Chokocho, Etche LGA by policemen.
