By Jimitota Onoyume

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Mr Ojukaye Flag – Amachree, has been slammed a fresh five-count charge bordering on the alleged murder of one Iminabo Dokubo, attempted murder of Ipalibo Jackson and related issues before a High Court in Port Harcourt.

The former Chairman, Asari Toru local government area during the tenure of former Governor Chibuike Amaechi was not in court to take his plea because the prisons authorities, in a letter to the court, said he was sick.

Justice Iyayi Laminkara, after hearing the charges against the accused, issued a  warrant for the Port Harcourt Prisons  to produce the accused in court on July 4 to answer for the fresh charges.

The Court of Appeal is expected to entertain application for bail of the accused on same day.

Meantime, one of the lawyers of Ojukaye,  Barrister Ken Aswuete, said his client had not been served the fresh charges pressed against him by the state government,   adding that he was being persecuted.

He said his client, who had been standing trial for the murder of one Smart Soberekon during the April 2015 elections, had been remanded in prison custody for over a month.