Court Remands Police Officer In Correctional Centre Over Murder Of 47 Year Old Man In Rivers

A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded Ijabula Jingi a Police officer attached to Rivers State Police Command to prison custody for allegedly shooting a 47 year old Wisdom Nwordu to death, at his residence Akpa Anaka Kinika, Egbelu, in Obio Akpor local government area of the state.
The suspect who faces one count charge of murder under section 319, CAP 37 of the Criminal Code, was alleged to have jumped into the deceased compound at about 2am, 11 May, 2022, and shot late Wisdom Nwordu on the chest.
The presiding Magistrate, Chief Magistrate Rosemary Ibanibo,ruled that the case file will be sent to Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice, as the court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the matter.
The Court however adjourned the case to 5 July, 2022, and remanded the suspect in prison custody, pending DPP advice.