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Court grants lawyer bail

A Magistrate Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital has on Monday, April 24, granted bail to a lawyer, AgozieMuoto, charged with a count charge.


The charges include conspiracy and felony, attempted murder, and false acusation.

AgozieMuoto was alleged to have attacked a builder identified simply as OkeNwaofor at the Abuja Phase two site at Ngozika estate where he works.

According to Oke who spoke to Galaxy news off camera, the Lawyer Mr. Muoto came to him that faithful day in company of his ‎hire thugs who descended on him with blows, stones and planks he was severely beating to comma.

“It took the concerted effort of other builders on site to get me to hospital where I regained consciousness” Oke said

At the Court on Monday, Galaxy news noted large number of lawyers present in court in a bid defend their colleague, a scene that caught the attention of the presiding Magistrate.

After several claims and counter claims between the plaintiff and the defendant councils ‎the magistrate resulted into granting the lawyer bail.

And transfer the case to state high court as it lacks jurisdiction to handle the case.

It would be recalled that the accused had also written a letter to the I.G that he was attack by Mr Oke and one other in company of the police, the anti robbery squad sent by the police boss haven investigated the matter found it to be all lies.

The case was adjourned till 2nd may for further hearing.

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