Alleged robbery, abduction: Court remands Benue lawmaker, other in custody

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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Friday, remanded a member of the Benue State House of Assembly, Jonathan Agbidye, in the Federal Correctional Centre, Makurdi for alleged

criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and abduction.

Earlier, a police prosecutor, Fidelis Ogbobe, told the court that on May 22, 2018, a Toyota Hilux van with registration number SWA-215-FM with other valuables belonging to Apin Public Health Initiatives was snatched at gunpoint along the Katsina-Ala/Tordonga Road in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State to an unknown destination and later released.

Ogbobe said further investigations by the police revealed that Agbidye, Zuamo and others, now at large, belonged to a gang of armed robbers and terrorists headed by a notorious and wanted kingpin, Terwase Akwaza .

 

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