An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, should be remanded in the correctional centre for all3gedly ra.ping his 22-year-old daughter.
The police charged Israel in with ra.pe and assa.ult.
The Magistrate, Mrs Olubunmi Bamidele, did not take Israel’s plea for want in the jurisdiction.
She ordered that the suspect should be remanded in the corrections centre in Ado Ekiti, pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Pr0secutions.
She adjourned the case until Nov.6 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, told the court that Israel rap.ed his 22-year-old daughter, who visited him and also inflil!cted inju.ries on her while she was struggling with him.
According to him, the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 265 and 256 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand Israel, pending legal advice from the office of the DPP.
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