The police on Friday arraigned a middle-aged
man, Dominic Abutu, in a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for
unlawfully detaining a 20-year-old girl for sexual purpose.
Abutu
of Karimo, Abuja, was arraigned on two charges of unlawful detention and rape,
which he pleaded not guilty.
The
Prosecutor, John Simon, said the matter was reported by Jennifer Buba at the
Wuse Police Station on Oct. 20.
Simon
said the complainant received a call from her niece stating that she was held
hostage by the defendant at his house.
He said the victim was staying at Mpape with
her Aunt before the defendant got her a job as a housemaid in Maitama.
The
prosecutor said after some days, the victim called the defendant and complained
that she didn’t like the place she was working.
Simon
said the defendant asked her to come to his house so that he could take her to
another house to work.
He
said since then the defendant unlawfully detained the victim against her will
to have sexual intercourse with her.
The
prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 273 and 275 of the Penal
Code.
The
defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The
Senior Magistrate, Fatima Bukar, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of
N200, 000 with a surety in like sum.
Bukar
said the surety must reside within the jurisdiction of the court, and adjourned
the matter till Nov. 14 for hearing.
-NAN
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