Former Councillor of Awume-Icho Ward in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, Daniel Ujah, has been remanded in the Otukpo Correctional Centre over alleged torture, assault and an attempt to kill a woman.
The former Councillor was remanded in prison by the presiding magistrate of Upper Area Court 2 in Otukpo, Hasia Garuba.
The suspect was to be remanded at the Otukpo Correctional Centre pending further proceedings, and the case adjourned to September 22, 2026, for further mention.
The case, which came up on Wednesday, according to the First Information Report, Marked CR33/2026 and filed by the Nigeria Police, noted that the 43-year-old man was arraigned for criminal trespass, intimidation, criminal force and assault, causing grievous hurt and attempt to commit culpable homicide
According to the FIR, ‘On 31 August 2026, at about 1600 hours, through petition, one Rebecca Adole ‘F’ of no 27 Pipeline Rasaki Avenue, Eupi Otukpo, came to the Area Commander’s office, Nigeria Police, Otukpo and reported that on 28 August,,2026 at about 15:30 hours.
‘While she was at home, suddenly, she received a phone call from her uncle’s son, named Isaac Iduh, that when her mother, by name Amina Iduh, returned from the farm, one David Uja ‘M’ of Akwutulo Awume criminally trespassed into her mother’s compound, have her several beatings, and pushed her into a fire, and she sustained injury on her bottom.
‘More so, her clothes got burnt, and her mother was taken to the hospital by the police in Onyagede, Ohinmini LGA, where she is receiving treatment.
The FIR further alleged that Ujah threatened that he would kill the woman and nobody could stop him.
When the matter came up for mention on Wednesday, Ujah pleaded not guilty while his counsel, Rev. O. Simon, who held brief for P.O. Ella, applied for bail on behalf of the defendant.
However, the prosecuting counsel, Inspector Nancy Alechenu, opposed the bail application.