A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a businessman, Nnamdi Daniel, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old.
The Magistrate, Adah Jack, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that the case file be sent to the state Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, for advice.
Jack ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Makurdi Correctional Centre pending the advice.
She adjourned the case until August 2 for mention.
The defendant, who resides at 12, Orano Street, Zaki-Biam, is facing a count charge of child defilement.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Regina Ishaya, told the court that the case was reported at the Ukum Police Station on June 18 by Mr Tavershima Aga of Austoma Filling Station, Zaki-Biam.
Ishaya said that the defendant had sexual intercourse with the underage.
She said that the girl told her uncle, Aga, of the incident.
She urged the court to adjourn the case to enable the police to conclude investigation into the case.
Ishaya said that the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code of Benue State, 2004.
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