A 32-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a magistrate on Thursday regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi.

According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Akpa was charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace.

Akpa told NAN that she met the bail bond of N200,000 after three days.

Nursing mother in court for flogging magistrate
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”I am happy over my release. I beg that the matter should not linger anymore,” she said.

On what led to her arraignment, she said:”it was not a fight but a minor quarrel between the magistrate and I.

“She has been my neighbour for several years. I don’t want the issue to linger anymore. I just want peace to reign.

”Let us live and forgive one another,” she said.(NAN)

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A 32-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a magistrate on Thursday regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi.

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Akpa told NAN that she met the bail bond of N200,000 after three days.

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On what led to her arraignment, she said:”it was not a fight but a minor quarrel between the magistrate and I.

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