Lawmaker Arraigned For Assaulting Bolt Driver

A Kuje Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to a House of Representatives member for Aba North and South, Alex Ikwechegh, in the sum of N500,000.

It was gathered that Ikwechegh was arraigned on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, outside his Abuja residence.

The Counsel to the bolt driver, Deji Adeyanju, had earlier told Punch online that Ikwechegh would be arraigned on Wednesday.

The lawmaker went viral in a video on social media for allegedly assaulting the bolt driver.

In the video, the lawmaker could be heard threatening the driver and assuring him that he could make him disappear without a trace.

Details later…