Just In: Court Sends 20 Atiku Supporters to Prison in Wike’s State, Gives Reason

Just In: Court Sends 20 Atiku Supporters to Prison in Wike’s State, Gives Reason

  • A court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, has remanded 21 supporters of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the correctional facility in the state
  • They were arrested in connection to a meeting organised by suspected members of the Atiku Support Organisation in the Rivers State
  • This verdict is coming barely hours after the court stopped the leadership of the PDP from suspending Governor Nyesom Wike

A magistrate court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has remanded over 20 persons arrested in connection with a meeting by members of the Atiku Support Organisation in the state's correctional centre.

They were arraigned on counts of conspiracy, cultism, and unlawful gathering, a report by The Punch confirmed on Tuesday, February 7.

Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Atiku Abubakar, PDP crisis,A Chief Magistrate court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital
Court remands 20 Atiku Supporters in Rivers state. Photo credit: Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, Atiku Abubakar
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The court's verdict

After refusing the bail application by the defence counsel, Chief Magistrate Collins Ali directed that the suspects be remanded in the correctional centre before adjourning proceedings to March 22, 2023, for bail consideration.

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