(Prime suspect. Photo Credit; Vanguard News)
Prime suspect, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Usman Nuhu, and four other police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges over the 26 April extra-judicial k!lling of 28-year-old Warri musician Oghenemine Ogidi, aka “OG Million,” in Effurun, Delta State.
The suspects, now dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force, were arraigned on Tuesday before Justice M. Nduka of the Delta State High Court 4, Asaba.
Standing trial with ASP Nuhu, aka “Ogbegbe,” were ASPs Owoloko Daurou Pamo and Okoh Kelechi, as well as Inspectors Goodluck Kingsley and Omonigho Ahweyevu.
Nuhu is charged with one count of murder, punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C21, Vol. 1, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.
The other four defendants face charges of negligent acts causing harm, punishable under Section 344 of the same law.
Following their not-guilty pleas to the charges read to them, Justice Nduka adjourned the case to 14 July 2026 for the commencement of trial.
Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, SAN, who led the prosecution, said the defendants had been arraigned and had taken their pleas, as they are entitled to do, noting that although they pleaded not guilty, the prosecution’s case remains straightforward, as nobody has the right to make himself the accuser, the judge and the execution3r.
He described the incident at the centre of the trial as abhorrent and assured the court of diligent and expeditious prosecution of the case, expressing confidence that justice would be served.
Counsel for two of the defendants, C. Promise, also assured the court of readiness for trial, noting that the matter had been adjourned to 14 July, when proceedings would resume.
Ogidi was k!lled at the Effurun Main Motor Park, Uvwie Local Government Area, after he was caught trying to send a parcel containing a Beretta pistol and four rounds of ammunition to a receiver in Sapele.
Restrained with his hands tied behind his back, he was sh0t d£ad with an AK-47 by ASP Nuhu in public, a gory scene captured in a viral video.
