On Wednesday, the federal government took suspects connected to the invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s Abuja home to court.
The suspects were carried into the federal high court in Abuja at 1:45 p.m. by Nigeria Police operatives.
They pled not guilty when presented before Justice Nkeonye Maha on an 18-count indictment, according to Naija News.
On Friday, October 29th, several security personnel raided the Maitama house of the Supreme Court Judge in Abuja unlawfully.
The operatives were reported to have gone to the judge’s residence to carry out a search warrant as part of their probe against her husband, former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili.
Initially, the security personnel was described as part of a Joint Task Force.
The security operatives, who came with a search warrant which was later discovered to have borne a wrong address, said they received information on “illegal activities” going on in the house.
Amidst the confusion caused by the illegal invasion, the Police on November 11, paraded 14 persons arrested in connection with the invasion.
This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba while parading them at the Force Headquarters Annex, Garki, Abuja.
He said seven others, including two (2) persons believed to be personnel of the Nigeria Army are still at large and security operatives are in pursuit.
One of the arrested persons includes a fake Chief Superintendent of Police identified as Lawrence Ajojo who reportedly led the team.
According to Mba, those arrested are criminals from various professional backgrounds including public service, business, law, journalism, banking, amongst others.
Charges were filed against the suspects on November 24.
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