Court acquits Ebonyi PDP leaders over cultism, forgery allegations

From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Iboko has discharged and acquitted three executive committee members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogudu Okwor Ward, Onicha Local Government Area of the state over allegations of impersonation and forgery.
A former National Vice-Chairman of the PDP, South-East zone, Chief Ali Odefa, had in 2024 petitioned the police alleging that the trio of Obinna Nwachukwu (1st defendant), Idika Ogbonnya (2nd defendant) and Njoku Nwagwu (3rd defendant) were cultists who attacked him, impersonated PDP ward executives, forged documents, suspended and expelled him from the PDP.
The defendants were arrested, arraigned by the...