.......Court Remands 41 Suspected ACN Members In Prison

Guardian

2 April 2011

........Court Remands 41 Suspected ACN Members In Prison

ATTEMPT by police in Akwa Ibom State to arraign 41 persons suspected to be members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) charged with treasonable felony suffered a setback yesterday following disagreement between the counsel to the accused and the prosecutor over the right arraignment procedure.

And as a result, the judge ordered that the suspects be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till April 8, 2011 for hearing on the preliminary objection.

Count One of the charge, which was read to the accused persons alleges “that you and others now at large on the 22nd day of March 2011 at Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat premises Akwa Ibom State, Uyo, Uyo local Government Area in the Uyo Federal High Court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: treason and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 37 (2) of the Criminal Code Act Cap 38, vol.4 laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.”