TheRiversPolice Command has arraigned the Commander of Onelga Security Peace and Advisory Committee, Rundele community, Emohua Local Government Area Nyeche Ajuru, before a Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt for alleged unlawful possession of firearms, arson and murder.

But when the case was mentioned at the court, the presiding Chief Magistrate, Amadi Nna, stopped the accused person from taking his plea saying his court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case and citing a section of the Firearm Act and Criminal Code of the state.

Nna said the case file should either be transmitted to the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice or the accused person should seek his bail at the State High Court.

He, however, ordered that the accused person should be remanded in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre.

Ajuru was paraded at the command headquarters following his arrest for possessing AK47 rifle and charms, but he confessed that he took the gun after disarming a cultist.(The Nation)