
The inability of the Ministry of Justice, the Police and Department of State Service (DSS) to agree on which agency should prosecute the suspected mastermind of the April 14 bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, Aminu Ogwuche, stalled his arraignment on Friday.
Ogwuche has been in the DSS custody since his extradition from Sudan over a month ago. However, confusion arose in court on Friday between the police and State Security Service (SSS) over which of the two agencies should prosecute the suspected bomb blast mastermind who had subsequently fled to Sudan.
According to the Nation, the police, who filed the charges, could not produce Ogwuche and his co-accused because the suspects were held by the DSS. DSS lawyer Cliff Osagie, urged the police to withdraw the initial charges against the accused to enable the DSS complete its investigation.