A Magistrate Court presided over by
Justice Saadatu Sambo, in Barnawa, Kaduna State yesterday ordered the Chief of
Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, to produce one Lieutenant-
Colonel Williams Nzidee, who is been accused of raping a 16-year-old girl.
The chief magistrate said the
decision was taken following initial summon letter sent to the accused person
through the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), where he was
serving which was returned back to the court on grounds that the accused person
has been transferred to a new formation in Benin.
Lt.-Col. M. G. Hammawa, on behalf of
the NDA commandant had written a letter with number NDA/763/A acknowledging the
receipt of the initial court summon which was returned to the court.
According to the letter; “I am
directed to inform you that the officer has been posted out of this institution
and has since been released to report to his new formation in Benin. In view of
the above, I am further directed to return the court summon for your further
necessary action.”
In her ruling, however, Chief
Magistrate Sambo ordered that since the accused person is still serving in the
Nigerian Army, the summon should be served on the Nigerian Army Headquarters to
produce the accused person on or before the next adjourned date.
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