A middle-aged Nigerian woman, probably from hell has been
remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCC), Benin for allegedly
inserting her finger in the vagina of a two-year-old girl and thereafter
breaking the infant’s hymen.
Police prosecutor, Sergeant Patience Osayi, told the
Evbuoriaria Magistrate court, in Benin, Edo State, that the accused, Esther
Ehikioya, committed the offence on 3 February 2020, in Catholic Intercessory
Academy, Sapele Road in Benin City.
According to the two-count charge preferred against the
accused, the prosecutor said the offence is punishable under section 218 of the
Criminal Code Cap 48 Vol.II Laws of the Defunct Bendel State of Nigeria 1976 as
applicable to Edo State.
The charge sheet read in parts: “that you Esther Ehikioya
‘F’ on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial
District, did unlawfully had carnal knowledge of a girl, aged 2 years without
her consent or even with the consent which is immaterial as to her age.”
The accused however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Presiding Magistrate, Dorothy Adamaigbo, who rejected
her bail request adjourned until 26 March.
She said that the full panel of the family court would be
completed on the said date to look at the justification for the bail
application.
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