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An FCT High Court sitting in Kubwa, on Thursday remanded four persons in a correctional centre over alleged culpable homicide.
The defendants: Emmanuel Agu, Augustine Uden, Micheal Okechukwu and Iliyasu Sadiq were arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya adjourned the matter till Oct. 24 for a hearing.
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Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Adama Musa told the court that the defendants while armed with a gun and other dangerous weapons, robbed ASP Husseini Salisu of his official AK 47 rifle on Sept.3, 2021.
Adama said that the defendants shot and killed Salisu while on a moving bike at Idu Pipe Railway Junction, Karmo, Abuja on the said date.
He said the offence is punishable under the provisions of Sections 6, 1 (2) (a) (3) of the Robbery and Firearms Act, LFN 2004 and Section 221 of the Penal Code.
(NAN)
