John Charles, Makurdi
A High Court sitting in Makurdi on Wednesday struck out murder charges against former Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Joseph Kyaagba.
The presiding Judge, Justice Theresa Igoche, struck out the case for want of jurisdiction.
Kyaagba had been charged to court by the state for his alleged involvement in the murder of his colleague, a Senior Special Assistant, Denen Igbana.
The principal suspect in the murder case, Terwase Akwaza, a.k.a Gana. who is still at large had since been declared wanted by the state with a whopping sum of N10million placed on him.
But when prosecution closed his case, defense counsel led by Bernard Hom (SAN), filed a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the court to
entertain the matter and urged the court to strike out same.
Hon argued that no prima facie case was established, hence ‘no case…
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