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Benue Man Rapes Teenager At Gunpoint, Remanded
A Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue State on Friday ordered that a 39-year-old man, Idris Abdullahi, who allegedly defiled a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint be kept in the prison facility.
According to the Magistrate, Dooshima Ikpambese, pending advice of the state director of public prosecutions, the defendant, a resident of 39, Eri St., North Bank, should remain at the Maximum Correctional Centre, Makurdi.
Rejecting the defendant’s plea for want of jurisdiction, Ikpambese adjourned the case until July 20 for mention.
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The prosecutor, Insp. Veronica Shaagee, told the court the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Makurdi, from C Division, North Bank, Makurdi, on June 27.
According to Shaagee, Mr. Clement Gele of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, North Bank, Makurdi, reported the case on June 25.
She said that Gele reported that the defendant defiled his granddaughter at gunpoint while she was going to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, North Bank.