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Peter Onyuike, who was arrested over a week ago on the instructions of the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, has been released on bail, his lawyer, Samuel Ihensekhien, told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday.
PREMIUM TIMES on Monday reported how Mr Onyuike, a phone repairer at one of the outlets at Banex Plaza, Wuse, Abuja, where Mr Umar
assaulted a security guard was arrested and detained at the Police Station in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja without bail or trial, since March 29.
Witnesses in separate interviews with our correspondent, said Mr Onyuike was severely beaten by the security agents who reportedly acted on Mr Umar’s order, before he was driven away.
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Colleagues of Onyiuke told TheCable during a visit to the plaza that he was detained on Monday last week, hours after Umar was caught beating up a guard at a popular plaza.
The CCT chairman was said to have ordered the arrest of the 34-year-old for allegedly insulting him when he visited Banex plaza.
Before then,
Umar had beaten up a security man who had told him his vehicle was parked in the wrong space when he arrived at the plaza.
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In his defence, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, CCT spokesperson, said the guard was rude and could not provide a reasonable explanation why Umar should not park in the said space.
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