ENUGU — An Enugu Magistrate
Court, yesterday, remanded one
Monday Okoye, 34, of Obuofia, in
Awgu Local Government Area of
the state in prison custody over
alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl.
The police in Enugu had
arraigned Okoye before the court
over alleged offence.
The prosecutor, Mr Peter Eze,
told the court that the matter
was reported to the state
Criminal Investigation
Department on August 11.
Eze said the rape victim was
absent in the court because she
was hospitalised following the
injury she sustained from the
rape.
The prosecutor called seven
witnesses to testify in the matter.
The magistrate, Mr Frank
Chukwu, asked the accused if he
had a counsel and he said he had
none.
Chukwu said that the case would
be transferred to the high court
because it bordered on rape,
adding that such was outside the
jurisdiction of a magistrate court.
He, however, added that the
prosecuting witnesses would
testify in the high court on the
matter.
He warned that each witness
would pay N50,000 if they failed
to appear in the high court for
the case.
The magistrate ordered the
accused to be remanded in
prison custody and adjourned
the case indefinitely.