Nigeria: Shocking - Police Officer Accused of Murder Disappears in Prison Custody

4 December 2013

The Comptroller of Kirikiri prison in Lagos, has told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere that a police officer attached to Ajeromi Police Station, Sgt. Joseph Ugbah, who is being accused of murder of one Okafor Charles at a viewing center, could not be traced at the prison.

The presiding judge, Justice Ebenezer Adebajo, on several adjournments had issued a "Production Warrant" to Kirikiri and Ikoyi prisons. In his reply dated September 13, 2012, the Kirikiri Prison Comptroller told the court that there was no trace of the defendant, while the Ikoyi Prison is yet to give any information on the defendant.

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