Man in court for defiling 6-year-old girl in Anambra

From Christopher Oji

The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, Anambra  State has remanded a 41-year-old man, Chinonso Ibeh, who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl.

The defendant  is facing a one-count charge of defilement.

According to the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Chinyere Okechukwu, the accused committed the offence on January 18 at Agulu in Anaocha LGA of Anambra.

“The complainant, who is the mother of the six-year-old girl, said the accused called her daughter and another 8-year-old girl, dragged them into a nearby bush and had unlawful canal knowledge of her daughter.

“While he was at it, the eight-year-old girl ran away and reported the incident.

“After medical examination at the General Hospital, Agulu, a medical practitioner confirmed that the girl had been defiled,” she said.

Okechukwu said the offence contravened Section 130(2) (a) (b) of the Administration Criminal Justice Law 2022.

She prayed the court to remand the suspect at a Correctional facility.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs U.E. Onochie ordered that the accused be remanded at the Awka Correctional facility pending advice by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions(DPP).

Onochie adjourned the case until March. 12, for report of compliance.