The police have confirmed that the legal process against House of Representatives member Alex Ikwechegh, accused of assaulting Bolt driver Stephen Abuwatseya, is moving forward.
A post on X by Force Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi read, “RULE OF LAW: POLICE PROSECUTES HON ALEXANDER IKWEGH FOR ASSAULT.. Details soon.”
Ikwechegh’s problem began when in a viral video was seen assaulting Stephen Abuwatseya, an e-hailing driver three times before also issuing threats to make him “disappear.”
The Bolt driver’s offense, according to video of the incident on X, was asking the lawmaker to come out of his premises to collect his parcel. The lawmaker felt slighted and started to physically and mentally assault Abuwatseya.
According to Abuwatseya, the police orderly attached to the lawmaker later bundled him to the Maitama police station where the case was twisted against him. The twist was because the lawmaker alleged that Abuwatseya came to his home to attack him. But the tide later changed when Abuwatseya released a video of the incident on social media.
….Court grants him N500,000 bail
A Kuje Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to a House of Representatives member for Aba North and South, Alex Ikwechegh, in the sum of N500,000.
Ikwechegh was arraigned for allegedly assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, outside his Abuja residence.
The Counsel to the bolt driver, Deji Adeyanju, confirmed to us, that Ikwechegh, the defendant in the matter will be arraigned Wednesday by noon time before the court.
The lawmaker went viral in a video on social media for allegedly assaulting the bolt driver.
In the video, the lawmaker could be heard threatening the driver and assuring him that he could make him disappear without a trace.
Details later…