The representative for Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ephraim Nwuzi was remanded to the Nigerian Correctional Center by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt yesterday.
Nwuzi, an All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the House of Representatives in the Etche/Omuma seat, was charged with inciting violence in a popular video by the Nigerian Police Force.
At the court hearing, Chief Emenike Ebete, the federal lawmaker’s attorney, told reporters that the charges brought against his client were insufficient to support a remand.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) participants, foreign and local observers, voters, and all other participants in the elections have been assured of adequate security before, during, and after the general election by the Supervising Assistant Inspector-General of Police assigned to the state for the duty of the election, AIG Abutu Yaro.
Along with urging voters to contact the police to report any suspicious activity or people, he also asked all candidates and political parties to take caution.
