By Mike Moore
There are indications that the former Executive Secretary of the National Judicial Council, NJC, who also contested for the governorship ticket for the Nasarawa state under the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Alhaji Danladi Envuluanza will soon be charged with conspiracy and attempt to commit homicide, murder and kidnapping.
He will be docked alongside Mrs Envuluanza and five others before a federal capital Territory High court over their alleged role in the kidnapped, attempted murder of the current deputy speaker of Nasarawa state House of Assembly and Senator-elect Godiya Akwashiki. The video of the incident went viral about two weeks ago.
A highly placed security source confirmed to Daybreak that preliminary investigations so far indicate that the attack on the lawmaker was purely political and an attempt to ridicule him which almost caused his life.
He said that the operatives of the Nigerian Police force investigating the matter has established good evidence that could nail Envuluanza in court.
it would be recalled that the Deputy Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Godiya Akwashiki, was beaten and stripped naked by suspected hoodlums.
In a viral video. Akwashiki, who emerged senator-elect for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District, was seen tied with a rope by the gang who allegedly attacked him. There was blood in his mouth as he protested weakly while his assailants pummelled him.
It was gathered that the lawmaker was beaten at a private residence in the Maitama area of Abuja. He was alleged to have attempted sleeping with the wife of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Danladi Envuluanza. The lawmaker, who currently represents Eggon West in the state House of Assembly, however, denied trying to sleep with any politician ’ s wife, adding that he was stripped at gunpoint.
He also claimed that he was tricked to the venue of the incident, where he was beaten by the hoodlums. The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Bala Ciroma, had said that the matter was under investigation.
