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Two persons were suspected, in the disappearance of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2021 Anambra State poll, Chief Obiora Agbasimelo, they have been remanded in prison by an Anambra High Court sitting in Nnewi.
Suspects, Jude Chukwudi Odimegwu and Nwokolo Chukwudi Maxwell are accused of kidnapping Agbasimelo while on a campaign tour at Lilu in Ihiala local government area ahead of the 2021 election. Chief Agbasimelo has been missing till date.
The Department of State Services had first arraigned the suspects before a Magistrate court sitting at Awka on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.
After the judge ordered the police to transfer case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice, the agency also came up with the same two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping. The DPP alleged that the suspects who were armed with guns and other offensive weapons, kidnapped Obiora Agbasimalo against his will and thereafter demanded ransom of N1 million, N5 million and another N1 million, in total N7 million from his family to effect his release.
