Almost six months after an Elections Day incident which left a presiding officer nursing back injuries and an elections observer with a damaged phone, the matter was called for the first time in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Presidential Advisor on Empowerment, Odinga Lumumba, was slapped with charges of assault and breach of the peace, while the presiding officer Onika Beckles was charged with obstructing access to a polling place without due authority.
Lumumba was not present when the