BY Emma Arubi

WARRI—Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Charles Ajuyah, SAN, yesterday, told the Federal High Court sitting in Warri that being the Spiritual head of Ugborodo community did not confer anyone the right to commit crime.

The Attorney-General made the statement in court while opposing a bail application for the spiritual head of the community, Benson Dube Omadeli, noting that criminality of any kind must be curtailed by the due process of the law.

Similarly, a Special Assistant to Governor Uduaghan, Mr. Jolomi Metsaghanrun, who was also in court, charged the governor to stem the tide of unwarranted brigandage and violence at Ugborodo, saying, “no one should hide under the provisions of fundamental human rights, after ordering the unconstitutional torture of another innocent Nigerian.”

The court, presided over by Justice Mohammed Abubakar, who declined to grant bail, adjourned hearing of the case to December 23.