A Magistrates Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Adera Sunday, for defiling his 16-year-old stepdaughter.
The police prosecutor, Inspector James Ewache, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, told the court that the teenager reported the case at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Makurdi on August 30.
The prosecutor said the complainant informed the police that her stepfather had been taking sexual advantage of her since she was 13 years of age without her consent.
“He lured her into taking noxious drugs and while under the influence forcefully took advantage of her,” the prosecutor said.
Ewache added that an investigation into the matter was still ongoing and prayed the court for another date for mention.
He said the offence contravened Sections 284 of the Penal Code, Laws of Benue State, 2004.
The Magistrate, Sonia Ayange, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction.
Ayange ordered that the defendant should be remanded at the Makurdi Correctional Centre pending further investigation.
She, thereafter, adjourned the case to October 11, 2024, for further mention.
