A provincial judge issued an arrest warrant for Tobechi Okwuonu, who was scheduled to begin trial today for allegedly threatening Premier Scott Moe and Dr Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer..Okwuonu faces two charges of uttering threats toward Moe and Shahab, but did not appear in court..In October, the Regina Police Service charged Okwuonu for sending an email threatening the lives and safety of an elected official and a Saskatchewan ministry of Health official.Crown Prosecutor Aaron Fritzler had contact with Okwuonu and they discussed the trial date. .Fritzler told the judge that he talked with Okwuonu about a possible adjournment, but said he told Okwuonu was expected to appear in court on Thursday..Okwuonu is representing himself.
