An FCT High Court sitting in Nyanya, Abuja, on Monday, ordered that a policeman, Johnson Samanja, who allegedly shot and killed a 19-year-old man, be remanded in a correctional centre.
Samanja, 51 is charged with culpable homicide.
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Delivering a ruling, Justice Peter Kekemeke, ordered that Samanja should be remanded in a Nigerian Correctional Service centre in Kuje, FCT and ordered the defence counsel, George Ukaegbu to file a proper bail application.
He adjourned hearing in the matter until June 1.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Okokon Udo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 3, 2020, at Dutse Apo village, FCT, Abuja.
He alleged that while armed with a police gun, shot and killed a 19-year-old man.
The offence, he said, contravened Section 221 of the Panel Code. (NAN)
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