An Abuja Magistrate Court has cleared the way for the police to prosecute a female lawyer with the National Copyright Commission (NCC), Miss Adaorah Ndigwe at the Abuja High Court for attempted murder of Miss Madge Jime, whom she allegedly wilfully ran over with her car with the intention of causing her death.
When the matter came up before Magistrate Celestine Odoh, the prosecutor, Mr. Fidelis Ogbobe told the court that the Commissioner of Police, FCT, had filed a – four count charge bordering on culpable homicide against Adaorah Ndigwe at the High Court and intended to begin prosecution there.
Accordingly, Ogbobe applied to the court to withdraw the First Information Report (FIR) against Ndigwe to avoid an abuse of court process and clear the coast for her prosecution at the High Court.
Counsel for Adaorah, Mr. Emmanuel Oka had no objection to the prosecution’s application to withdraw the FIR against her client.
In his ruling, Magistrate Odoh consented to the withdrawal of the FIR “in order to enable prosecution face the trial of the accused person at the High Court.
The Magistrate’s decision therefore clears any legal obstacles against the commencement of Barrister Ndigwe’s trial on a – four count charge brought against her by the Commissioner of Police.
