Court Resolves Oro-Ogoloma Rumueme Family Matter

Some members of Oro-Ogoloma family in Rumueme Kingdom heaved some sigh of relief on Monday when a Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Promise Iroanya resolved a five year defamation matter among them.
Some members of the family had five years ago petitioned the police over a case of embezzlement labeled on some of the family members to the tune of N5.5million proceeds from their property.
The matter had dragged on and subsequently was charged to court over five counts of defamation of character, conspiracy, false information and breach of public peace.
The Chief Magistrate while delivering judgment on the matter acquitted the second defendant of the charges and awarded a compensation of N500,000 to him.
Speaking to newsmen after the judgment, Chairman of the Oro- Ogoloma Descendants Council, PromiseNduka Dickman hailed the court for vindicating him.
He said the court has shown that it is the hope of the common man, as he was wrongly accused by the petitioners for embezzling family money, even after the petitioners were partakers of the proceeds from the property.
Dickman while condemning the act of the petitioners and members of the family observed that the matter would have been settled in-house, if not for the insistence of the petitioners who sought police intervention.
On his part, the police prosecutor for Chief Magistrate Court 1, Assistant Superintendent of Police Zacheaus Mbah said he was satisfied with the outcome of the court process.
He recalled that the matter started in 2019 and has ended victoriously,” on Count 3, the court exonerated the second defendant that he did not make any publication in writing.”
Mbah said the victory stem from the evidence they provided to the court for the verdict.

Kevin Nengia