Nigeria - A chief magistrate’s court in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has remanded a 38-year-old man, Simon Emeka, in a correctional centre after he was charged with raping his seven-month-old daughter.
Police prosecuting officer Sergeant Friday Kanshio told the court at the weekend that one Josephine Habba reported the incident at Police Force ‘D’ Division, Makurdi.
Kanshio quoted Habba as saying that on June 1 she went to a hospital with her daughter where she heard one Mrs Favour Emeka crying and telling a nurse that her seven-month-old baby girl was raped by her husband Simon Emeka.
The suspect’s plea was not taken for want of jurisdiction, though he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate, Mr Isaac Ajim, took Emeka into custody and adjourned the case to August 31.
Meanwhile, public outcry over a spike in rape cases has continued across the country.
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