5th September, 2022
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
A Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Rita Oguguo in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded one Chima Amadi and Orluchi Chima over attempted to murder.
Both suspects are accused of attempted murder and inflicting grievous bodily harm on Leticia, the wife of Chima Amadi at Omerelu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Port Harcourt on August 15,2022.
The State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) brought the case to Court to secure a remand order on Monday September 5,2022.
No plea was taken as no charge(s) were read to the accused.
Chief Magistrate Oguguo has adjourned case to September 23, 2022 for possible arraignment of the defendants on the charges the court has jurisdiction on.
Recall that Warisi Anayo elder brother to Leticia Chima in an interview with journalists had accused his sister’s Husband and the female lover of using machete to allegedly cut her severally after his sister asked the husband why he brought his female lover to the house on August 15,2022.
The suspects were arrested by Elele Police Division and later transferred to State CIID, Port Harcourt.
But Amadi has maintained that the woman he brought home is not his female lover but his second wife.