Our reporter/ A magistrate court in Kuje, Abuja, on Wednesday granted a N500,000 bail to Mascot Ikwechegh, a member of the house of representatives, following an assault of Stephen Abuwatseya, a Bolt driver.
Ikwechegh, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), made headlines for slapping and hurling insults at Abuwatseya in a viral video.
The incident, which occurred on October 27 in the Maitama district of Abuja, sparked outrage on social media.
At the court on Wednesday, Ikwechegh was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on assault and threat to life.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges filed by the office of the inspector-general of police.
His counsel then made an oral application for his bail.
Abubakar Umar Sai’id, the magistrate, granted the application with the bail sum set at N500,000 and two sureties in like sum.
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