There was mild drama on Wednesday when the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Chika Nwoba slumped in court.
Nwoba appeared before the Magistrate Court 2 within the Ebonyi Judiciary Headquarters, Abakaliki accompanied by men of the Nigeria Police.
The PDP Chieftain was arrested by operatives of the Ebubeagu Security Outfit on Tuesday on allegations of spreading fake news on social media.
He was handed over to the police but they failed to arraign him in court the same day despite bringing him to court.
Nwoba’s lawyer, Luke Nkwegu said his client was beaten by the Ebubeagu operatives on Tuesday leaving him with injuries and failing to give him needed medical attention.
By 3:00pm on Wednesday, he was brought to court but slumped just as he was about to enter the courtroom.
The development compelled the police operatives to take him in a Hilux van, supposedly to a nearby hospital after efforts to resuscitate him within the court premises failed.
However, not long after he was taken away, he was again returned by the police with his lawyer alleging that the Police got an order to bring him to court dead or alive.
However, when he returned to face his charges before Justice Blessing Chukwu, he had to be propped up by 2 police officers to prevent him from slipping again. Unfortunately, he failed to respond when his name was called during the hearing of the matter.
The PDP chieftains lawyer, urged the presiding judge to allow his client to go for medical treatment while Police prosecutor, Mathis Eze objected the appeal.
The Judge however, ruled that Nwoba be sent to the Police Clinic in Abakaliki for treatment and adjourned the case till the 14th of January, 2022.
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