The judge lamented that the state had “failed.”
“This should call for greater concern from both the government and other stakeholders,” the NANNM president stated.
He faces a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.
The Peoples Gazette learnt that Mr Ekechukwu’s arrest was part of a nationwide crackdown on transnational crimes and immigration offences.
A Nigerian national serving as a correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Ayodele Abiodun Afosi, has been arrested after allegedly fleeing the scene of an accident
Citizenship obtained through naturalisation may be revoked under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The Peoples Gazette gathered that authorities were not treating either incident as suspicious, as initial assessments indicated they were accidental deaths.
Police had launched an investigation into the shooting that killed Mr Ogbebor on Thursday, April 2.
Pictures analysed by the Peoples Gazette showed the suspect in handcuffs cooperating with law enforcement officers as they ransacked his apartment.
The former chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission joins other previous notable winners of the award, including Michael J. Glennon, Dyan Mazurana and Carolyn Gideon.
