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Egor Magistrate Court in Benin City, yesterday, remanded a House of Assembly aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Nosa Adams, and one Best Ukposis, in prison custody over alleged attempt to murder one Ikpomnwonsa Omoregbe, Victor Omotosor and Eloghosa John, during last weekend's ward congresses of the PDP.

Magistrate Igho Braimoh, after listening to submissions from counsel to Nosa Adams and Ukposisi, ruled that "we do not try murder cases and cannot try an attempted murder case. We cannot try the main matter and we won't grant bail either. I shall not grant bail. The Registrar of the court, with the police should duplicate the case file and send to DPP for advice."

The magistrate ordered that they should be remanded in Oko prison till November 19 when the case will be mentioned.

Counsel to Adams, Nosa Obaizamomwan, had argued that the magistrate should use her discretion to grant the accused bail based on section 118 of the Criminal Code which he said only denied the magistrate the use of her discretion when the offense in question attracted capital punishment..‎