39-Year-Old Man Allegedly R3pes A 15-Year-Old Girl Is Held At Gunpoint In Benue.
Idris Abdullahi, 39, has been remanded in custody for allegedly r3ping a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint.
On Friday, a Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue State issued the decision.
Mrs Dooshima Ikpambese, Magistrate, directed that the defendant, a resident of 39 Eri St., North Bank, be held at the Makurdi Maximum Correctional Centre pending the advice of the state director of public prosecutions.
The magistrate rejected the defendant’s plea for lack of jurisdiction.
She postponed the case until July 20 for further consideration.
According to the prosecutor, Insp. Veronica Shaagee, the case was transferred from C Division, North Bank, Makurdi, to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Makurdi, on June 27.
Mr. Clement Gele of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, North Bank, Makurdi, reported the incidence on June 25, according to Shaagee.
She said that Gele informed her that the defendant defiled his granddaughter while she was on her way to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in North Bank.
According to Shaagee, child defilement violated Section 284 of the Penal Code, Law of Benue State, 2004. Makurdi.