{"id":288263,"date":"2023-09-11T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=288263"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:07:51","slug":"court-sends-nine-men-to-prison-for-abducting-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/11\/court-sends-nine-men-to-prison-for-abducting-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Court sends nine men to prison for abducting doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>A Magistrates\u2019 Court in Calabar ordered the remand of the suspects on Monday after their arrangement by the police<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The suspects were charged with four counts bordering on unlawful possession of dangerous weapons and kidnapping<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nine men who allegedly abducted one Prof. Ekanem Ephraim in Cross River have been remanded in a correctional facility.<\/p>\n<p>Ephraim is a lead consultant of neurology at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH).<\/p>\n<p>A Magistrates\u2019 Court in Calabar ordered the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/25\/niger-court-remands-23-year-old-butcher-for-defiling-minor\/\">remand<\/a><\/strong> of the suspects on Monday after their arrangement by the police.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were charged with four counts bordering on unlawful possession of dangerous weapons and kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are identified as Effiom Asuquo, 60; Ndifreke Akpan, 29; Effiom Edet, 20; Asuquo Edet, 45; Okon Okon, 37; Emmanuel Bassey, 35; Bassey Edet, 20; Effiong Edet, 35 and Patience Etim, 21.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Mercy Ene rejected the plea of the suspects for want in jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate said that the suspects were charged under section 4(1)(2), section 2(b) and section 5(1) of Kidnapping (prohibition) law, of Cross River State 2015.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that by section 12 of the law, only the state high court has jurisdiction to try any offence charged under this law.<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate subsequently granted the exparte motion for the suspects to be remanded in prison custody brought before the court by counsel to the prosecutor, SP Edosa Ufumwen.<\/p>\n<p>Ufumwen had argued that the exparte motion was in pursuant to section 290 of Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) of the state for the suspects to be remanded pending their arraignment before a high court.<\/p>\n<p>This position was however challenged by the counsel to the defendants, Mr Mustapha Igweshi who argued that his clients entitled to bail.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that by section 36 of 1999 constitution, defendants are still presumed to be innocent and therefore entitled to bail.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor while arguing against bail to the defendants, said, \u201cthe defence counsel has no right of audience as the application before the court was made exparte.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecondly, since section 12 of the Kidnapping prohibition law of the state has stripped the court of the jurisdiction to entertain this charge, the court can not grant bail but remand as enshrined under section 290 of ACJL of Cross River State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate subsequently ordered the suspects to be remanded in Correctional Service and adjourned the matter to September 25, 2023 for a ruling on the bail admissibility.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that there have been public outcry over the abduction of Prof Ekanem on July 13, 2023 around Atimbo area of Calabar.<\/p>\n<p>The state chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) recently suspended 40-days strike over her abduction.(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Magistrates\u2019 Court in Calabar ordered the remand of the suspects on Monday after their arrangement by the police The suspects were charged with four counts bordering on unlawful possession of dangerous weapons and kidnapping Nine men who allegedly abducted one Prof. Ekanem Ephraim in Cross River have been remanded in a correctional facility. 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