A magistrate in Enugu State Judiciary,
Mrs. Ifeoma Nneji reportedly died inside her cell in Enugu Prison Tuesday night
for alleged complications arising from shock.
She was remanded
in Enugu prison along with her husband on Monday after they were arraigned for
“conspiracy, false information and attempted murder.”
The deceased
magistrate, who served at Oji River Magisterial District before she was
recently suspended by the State Judicial Service Commission on account of her
involvement in the alleged abduction of
a 9-year-old-girl, passed on Tuesday
night.
Sources said
that she became ill about 24 hours after she arrived the prison following her
remand by an Enugu Magistrate Court for allegedly assaulting a female tenant
residing in her husband’s house.
Mrs Nneji, her
husband, Mr. Ifeanyi Nneji and another unnamed person living with them were
said to have beaten and injured the tenant over an undisclosed squabble which
resulted in the arraignment and remand of the couple.
Controller of
Enugu Prison, Mr. Alloy Uchenna confirmed the death of the magistrate but said
that the Deputy Controller in-charge of the prison was yet to brief him about
what transpired.
When contacted,
the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said that Mrs
Nneji and her husband were re-arraigned for another case of conspiracy, false
information and attempted murder on Monday and were subsequently remanded in
prison.
“They were
remanded in Enugu prison custody where she died yesterday. The matter for
which they were charged commenced from Abakpa Division and was later
transferred to State Criminal Investigations Department, CID from where they
were arraigned on Monday and the court remanded them in prison. We
heard the Magistrate died on Tuesday but the cause of her death is not yet
known,” the state police spokesman said.
Mrs Nneji was on
March 2, 2014 arrested by the police for allegedly abducting a 9-year-old child
but after she was arraigned with her husband, Ifeanyi, they were granted bail.
They allegedly
committed the fresh offence which landed them in prison custody on Monday
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