A court sitting in Otukpo, Benue State, has remanded Daniel Ujah, a former councilor representing Awume-Icho Ward in Ohimini Local Government Area, to the Otukpo Correctional Center on charges of assault and attempted culpable homicide.
The Nigeria Police charged Ujah, 43, with criminal trespass, intimidation, criminal force and assault, causing grave hurt, and attempted culpable homicide.
According to the First Information Report, CR33/2026, which was released on Thursday, the allegations stemmed from a petition submitted by Rebecca Adole at the Area Commander’s Office in Otukpo.
The FIR said that on August 28, 2026, Ujah unlawfully entered the compound of Adole’s mother, Amina Iduh, in Akwutulo, Awume, and assaulted her.
The FIR read in part, “On 31 August, 2026, at about 1600 hours, through petition, one Rebecca Adole ‘F’ of No. 27 Pipeline Rasaki Avenue, Eupi, Otukpo, came to the Area Commander’s Office, the Nigeria Police, Otukpo, and reported that on 28 August, 2026, at about 1530 hours,
“While she was at home, suddenly, she received a phone call from her uncle’s son, named Isaac Iduh, that when her mother, by name Amina Iduh, returned from the farm, one David Uja ‘M’ of Akwutulo, Awume, criminally trespassed into her mother’s compound, gave her several beatings, and pushed her into a fire, and she sustained injury on her bottom.
“Her clothes got burnt, and her mother was taken to the hospital by the police in Onyagede, Ohimini LGA, where she is receiving treatment.”
The FIR further said that Ujah threatened to kill the woman, alleging that nobody would be able to stop him.
When the case came up for hearing on Wednesday, Ujah pled not guilty to the accusations.
His lawyer, Rev. O. Simon, who represented P.O. Ella, asked for bail on his behalf.
However, Inspector Nancy Alechenu, the prosecuting lawyer, opposed the application.
The sitting magistrate, Hasia Garuba, ruled that Ujah be remanded at the Otukpo Correctional Center for further proceedings.
Garuba postponed the subject to September 22, 2026, for further discussion.
