The Nigeria Police Power has charged 4 individuals who allegedly cast the charter of Nkpor, a neighborhood in Idemili North Native Govt Space of Anambra State, South-east Nigeria.
The police stated the charter of the neighborhood which used to be allegedly cast by means of the defendants in March this 12 months governs the process for electing a brand new Igwe locally.
Igwe is an Igbo word for normal ruler or king.
The police filed a six-count of forgery, perjury, felony conspiracy and breach of peace towards the defendants ahead of the Federal Top Courtroom in Abuja on 21 April.
In step with courtroom paperwork acquired by means of PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, the defendants are Sunday Nwaofia, Patrick Ajemba, Onuorah Anigbogu and Ekene Okolo.
How the price happened
The Nkpor Royal Dynasty, thru their legal professional Osas Raymond, had petitioned the Commissioner of Police on the Power Felony Investigation Division (FCID) in Abuja, to analyze the 4 folks over the alleged forgery of the charter.
The dynasty alleged that the suspects have been making an attempt to create a disaster locally to force the Anambra State Govt and Governor Charles Soludo into making choices according to what they described as a “false disaster”.
The 4 suspects, in line with the petition, allegedly tendered a faux record in go well with marked HID/72/2026 to forestall the Anambra State Govt from recognising Stanley Okeke as the standard ruler-designate of Nkpor Neighborhood.
The FCID therefore carried out an investigation into allegations towards the 4 folks.
Ahead of then, the Anambra State Govt had spoke back to the sooner civil go well with filed by means of the 4 folks.
In reaction, the federal government stated the neighborhood charter utilized by the suspects who’re plaintiffs within the civil go well with is “false, no longer extant, and no longer legitimate.”
The federal government’s place used to be contained in a remark of defence to the go well with and signed by means of the Lawyer-Common of Anambra State, Tobechukwu Nweke, a Senior Recommend of Nigeria.
Later, the Royal Dynasty of Nkpor, in a letter to the Commissioner of Police on the FCID in Abuja, asked a licensed true reproduction of the police investigative file at the allegations towards the folks.
In a reaction, the police stated forensic exam established important variations between the paperwork tendered by means of the suspects and the unique record with the state executive dated 4th July 1982 and registered on the nationwide archives in Enugu State.
“The results of the forensic exam mentioned obviously that there have been options of non-identity, disparity and discrepancies between them,” the police stated within the letter.
The letter used to be signed by means of Paul Dung, the deputy commissioner of police on behalf of the commissioner of police on the FCID, Abuja.
The police stated the record submitted by means of the suspects used to be discovered to be cast, and {that a} prima facie case were established towards the 4 folks.
The listening to date has but to be mounted.
Background
The normal stool disaster in Nkpor started in 2016 after the quick previous ruler of the neighborhood, Christopher Ibegbuna, handed on.
Following his dying, households inside the Ezenaubosi Royal Dynasty of Umusiome village, started to put declare to the correct to supply the following conventional ruler.
The dispute took a contemporary size when each events submitted other variations of the neighborhood’s charter which dictates the choice standards for the standard stool.
This precipitated the petition to the FCID Abuja which culminated within the felony fees towards the defendants for alleged forgery of the neighborhood’s charter.
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that an octogenarian used to be killed in Might this 12 months over the standard stool disaster locally.