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Businessman Mr. Chinedu Anaukwu has taken legal action against former House of Representatives member from Anambra State, Chinedu Obidigwe, accusing him of physically assaulting him after he sought accountability regarding his legislative performance.
Obidigwe, who served as the representative for Anambra East/West Federal Constituency, allegedly committed the assault in 2023, shortly before the national elections.
According to the victim: “It was in 2023, just before the general election, I had written in Aguleri World Forum, a WhatsApp group, demanding accountability from Obidigwe who was then recontesting to return to the House of Representatives.
“I told him it had been over three years that he had been in the National Assembly, and that before aspiring for re-election, he should give us account of his constituency funds and other achievements in the area.
“His boys were not happy about it, and one day he accosted me with over 13 thugs and ordered them to kill me. They beat me until I lost consciousness.”
At the Otuocha High Court in Anambra East Local Government Area, where the case came up on Tuesday, the legal representative for Anaukwu, Chief Gozie Obi, SAN, withdrew the charges against the second and fifth defendants—identified as aides to Obidigwe who allegedly took part in the attack.
It was revealed that the second defendant had passed away, while the fifth had not yet been served legal documents.
Obi who spoke to journalists, said: “Today is the first time the matter is coming up in court for pretrial hearing and in the course of the proceeding it came to light that the second defendant is late and since you can’t sue a dead person, we had to withdraw against him.
“Also, the fifth defendant was not served, but we wanted the case to progress, so we had to withdraw against him too, moreso when we know that the principal defendant is Obidigwe as all the others were just his aides, and acted under his instruction.”
Obidigwe was represented in court by his lawyer, Barrister Emmanuel Offoh.
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The case was postponed to November 18 for the continuation of pretrial proceedings ahead of a full hearing.
Mr. Anaukwu is seeking ₦200 million in damages for the alleged assault and is also asking the court to convict the former lawmaker.
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