Ikwechegh pleaded not guilty to three counts bordering on assault and threat to life.
By Saidu Idris
365Daily – A Kuje magistrate court has granted N500, 000 bail to Hon. Alex Ikwechegh, a House of Representatives member from Abia State who assaulted an e-hailing cab driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, at his residence in Abuja on Sunday.
The lawmaker was charged to court by the Police for assault on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.
Ikwechegh pleaded not guilty to three counts bordering on assault and threat to life.
On Monday night, after a video of him threatening to make Abuwatseya “disappear” without a trace and slapping his face several times went viral on social media, he tendered a public apology over the incident, saying his behaviour was “unacceptable.”
Similarly, he apologised again over the same incident on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday during plenary, shortly before the green chamber mandated its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to probe the matter.
Following his not guilty plea, the presiding magistrate, Abubakar Umar Sai’id granted him a N500,000 bail bond.
He adjourned the matter to November 8 for trial.
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