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Ebonyi court remands eight suspected cultists allegedly for murder, discharges minor
A Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Friday discharged a minor and remanded eight others charged with murder and cultism.
The police charged the minor alongside Emmanuel Amaech 25; Obioma Jame, 24; Uchechukwu Daniel, 22; Kelechi Ogbonna, 18; Godswill Nwite, 49; Felix Maduabuchi, 24; Obinna Joseph 22 and Paulinus Oboko, 48 with five counts bordering on murder and cultism.
In her ruling, Magistrate Blessing Chukwu discharged the 16-year-old boy after hearing that he was not part of the offence.
Chukwu ordered that the eight other defendants should be remanded in police custody.
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