Udechukwu, who claimed innocence of the offence, is standing trial in suit No MCN/ 112c/2013.
The prosecution said he was already communicating with family members of his victim before he was apprehended by the police.
The presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Chioma Emejulu remanded the suspect in prison custody.
Also in the same court in suit No MCN/113C/2013, a community leader, Chief Francis Nwoye was arraigned by the police for allegedly committing various crimes at Nkwelle Ezunanka in Oyi Local Government Area.
Counsel to the defendant, Mr.C.J Asiegbu, however, prayed the court to discontinue with the hearing on the ground that there was a substituting High Court order restraining the police and other security agencies from arresting his client.
According to Asiegbu, the continued hearing of the matter at the Chief Magistrates Court amounts to fragrant abuse of High Court rules and will also amount to disobedience to High Court order by a lower court.
But in his argument, the prosecution counsel, Mr. Ben Onwuemekai, urged the court to go ahead with the matter because there was no court order served on the police.
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