The police on Tuesday arraigned a
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship agent in Imo State, Mr Uche
Onyeaguocha and three others in an Owerri Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged
electoral misconduct.
Others arraigned with Onyeaguocha
are Steve Asimobi, Paschal Onwukaike and Oliver Enwerenem.
The police charged the defendants
with ten counts bordering on disorderly conduct during election, destruction of
election materials, disrupting of election process and destruction of INEC
result sheet.
Chief Magistrate R.O. Nworka,
admitted the defendants to bail on self-recognition, after considering a bail
application moved by Onyeaguocha’s lead lawyer Mr Loius Alozie (SAN).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Mr Uche Onyeaguocha, a former House of Representative member was
arrested by security agents on Sunday after allegedly destroying Ideato South
LGA result sheet at the INEC office.
Onyeaguocha’s action, however,
led to the temporal suspension of the announcement of governorship result by
the returning officer, Prof. Francis Atunta, Vice Chancellor Michael Opkara
University of Agriculture.,
Onyeaguocha in an interview with
NAN said his action was to defend democracy and to liberate Imo people from
perpetual bondage.
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