Kazia Robinson-Uwak, the estranged wife of a former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, has been remanded in the Suleja Correctional Centre for attempted murder.
The Nigerian police arraigned Kazia and two other suspects before the Justice M. Inuwa-led Grade I Area Court, Nyanya, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
She, alongside others, were charged with joint act and attempt to commit grievous bodily harm on the ex-lawmaker.
While the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, is the complainant, Kazia, Joseph Utum, and Ibiang Yemiode Ofem are defendants in the matter.
The charges were brought under Sections 95, 79, 248 of the Penal Code.
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The presiding judge, following their plea of not guilty, ordered that Kazia should be remanded at the Suleja Correctional Service Centre in Niger, while Utum and Ofem were remanded in Keffi prison.
The matter was adjourned until Dec. 29 for the commencement of trial.
According to the police First Information Report, the defendants were arrested for agreeing to do away with Uwak to enable Kaizia to convert and inherit his valuable properties worth millions of naira in FCT, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.
The police alleged that in furtherance of the agreement, Kazia on May 27 took a kitchen knife to stab Uwak, while he was asleep.
The security agency said that if she had succeeded to stab Uwak, “It would have resulted in his death or bodily harm.
“All these were done in pursuant to your agreement. And you thereby committed the above offence.”