Rivers House Leader, Lloyd limps to court

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(Nigeria) Chidi Lloyd, Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, was, Wednesday, brought  before a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, eight days after police arrested him over alleged criminal role in the July 9 fracas in the state Assembly.
Lloyd, brought to court by heavy Police men at  11am, limped on one leg and had to be aided by two persons to ascend the stairs to the second floor of the court building, where Justice L. Nyorde, the trial judge has his court room.
Meanwhile, following argument over technical issues between lawyers in the matter, the court had to adjourned till August 6, to rule and for the proper arraignment of Lloyd.
Following the development, Lloyd was returned to police custody, to the anger of his supporters and political associates, who thronged the court, hoping to have him, granted bail.
Also in court were some of the state lawmakers.
His limping might not be unconnected to the alleged torture he suffered in the hands of the police, a development that made his colleagues to raise alarm early in the week that he had been brutalised while in police custody.



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