By Jonathan Ugbal
An Abuja Area Court grade 1 sitting in Mpape, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory has remanded one Victor Godwin in prison for assaulting David Ekanem Ekpenyong, the Director of Maintenance in the Cross River State Sports Commission.
Ekpenyong was beaten by thugs allegedly associated with a former Chairman of the Sports Commission, Orok Otu Duke during the election into executive positions of the Nigerian Table Tennis Federation on September 30, 2021 at the National Stadium in Abuja.
Video clips obtained by CrossRiverWatch showed a group of people manhandling Ekpenyong while a security official tried to intervene. In another clip, Mr. Duke had a heated argument with the electoral officials over whom the delegate from Cross River was.
In a third clip, a man suspected to be a companion of Mr. Ekpenyong could be heard telling Mr. Duke that he had nothing show during his tenure and asked him to produce Mr. Ekpenyong.
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The Police is said to have arrested Mr. Godwin and arraigned him on Monday morning. His counsel made an oral application for bail which was countered by the prosecution.
And, the presiding Magistrate adjourned the matter until November 8, 2021 for the defendants to file a written application for bail since the accused was not resident in Abuja and within the jurisdiction of the court.
Initial findings show that Mr. Godwin is resident in Ward 5, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State.
Mr. Duke had accused Mr. Ekpenyong of forging a letter that he was the delegate, an allegation Ekpenyong denies and says Duke had no business being there as he was duly nominated to represent the State’s Table Tennis Association.
