The Cross River police command says it has arraigned 33-year-old Obi Amba-Ojong for alleged destruction of a handcuff and escape from police custody.
The suspect was arraigned on Wednesday before a magistrates’ court in Calabar, the state capital, on a two-count charge.
Solomon Awerikure, the prosecutor, told the court that Amba-Ojong committed the offence on May 9 at Adijinkpor junction in the Ikom area of the state.
Awerikure said the defendant escaped from a lawful custody and wilfully damaged a police handcuff.
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He added that the offence contravened sections 135(a)(b) and 451 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Vol. 111 Laws of Cross River state, 2004.
Sunny Mgbe, the defence counsel, prayed the court to grant his client bail with a promise that he would not escape.
Mercy Toney, the presiding magistrate, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000.
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Toney, who adjourned the case hearing until June 1, ordered that the defendant be produced in court at the next sitting.
