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Assault: Alex Ikwechegh may suffer double jeopardy, says Reps Minority Leader

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The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, says his colleague, Alex Ikwechegh, may suffer “double tragedy” for assaulting an e-hailing driver Stephen Abuwatseya in the nation’s capital Abuja late October.

“Presently, he is being prosecuted. He is at the Magistrate Court. The House has also sent him to the disciplinary committee on the same issue,” Chinda said on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande on Channels Television.

“Perhaps, he might suffer double jeopardy if he is undergoing prosecution and disciplined in the House.”

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