December 15, (THEWILL) – The Police on Wednesday, arraigned before the Federal High Court, Abuja, 14 suspects who invaded the Maitama Residence of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili.
The suspects were led into Court 11 by security operatives from the Force Headquarters at about 1:40pm where they will be arraigned before Justice Nkeonye Maha.
THEWILL reports that the Police had on Nov. 11, paraded 14 suspects over the invasion of the Abuja residence of Justice Odili, describing them as impostors unknown to any of the nation’s security forces.
Parading the suspects at the Force Headquarters Annex, Abuja, Force spokesman, Frank Mba, had said that the suspects include a fake Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Lawrence Ajojo.
He explained that the suspects and seven others at large, conspired to raid the residence following information that the Supreme Court justice was keeping a large sum of money in foreign currencies.
According to Mba, the seven suspects still at large include two soldiers; adding that the suspects involved in the criminal acts came from different professional backgrounds including journalism, banking, law enforcement and legal profession.
He said the syndicates, including one Stanley Nkwazema, a journalist, were loose cannons and document forgers who were on their own and not hired by any personnel of the Ministry of Justice.
Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna was said to have approved a search warrant by a body identified as the Joint Panel Recovery Unit in the Ministry of Justice, leading to the invasion of Odili’s home.
The magistrate later revoked the order, saying he was misled while the police and other security agencies also said they were not aware of the raid.
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