Election violence: Kwara senator, 18 others get bail

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The Kwara South senator, Rafiu Ibrahim and 18 others were on Thursday arraigned in an Ilorin Chief Magistrates’ Court over the February 19 pre-election violence in Ojoku, Kwara, where one person was killed.

Mr Ibrahim and eight others facing four-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, inciting, disturbance of public peace and causing grievous hurt were granted bail by the court.

Chief Magistrate Jubril Salihu granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500, 000 each with two sureties each in like sum. “Further investigation also led to the arrest of one Kubura Wahab, PDP Women leader in Ojoku, who allegedly harboured three of the accused persons, who participated in the attack

Mr Gold said the first accused , was not at the scene of the crime and had not been found guilty in any way, while the third to ninth accused persons were arrested in the house of the second accused without any proof. He also said several other people sustained varying injuries as well as vandalism of the APC campaign vehicles.

 

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