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BREAKING: Court Grants Rep Member Ikwechegh N500,000 Bail Over Assault on Bolt Driver

Kuje Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to Alex Ikwechegh, a House of Representatives member representing Aba North and South, setting the bail at N500,000.

Ikwechegh was arraigned on charges of allegedly assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, outside his residence in Abuja.

Deji Adeyanju, counsel for the Bolt driver, confirmed that Ikwechegh would appear before the court at noon on Wednesday.

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The lawmaker recently went viral in a social media video where he was allegedly seen assaulting the driver. In the video, he could be heard threatening the driver, claiming he could make him “disappear without a trace.”

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