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Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Abakaliki Magistrate Court connected Tuesday remanded a Bishop, Onyeagoziri Ndubueze successful Abakaliki Correctional Centre for alleged intersexual maltreatment of a 22-year-old pistillate subordinate of his church.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Nike Chima ordered his remand aft the magistrate rejected the bail exertion by the Defence Counsel, Mr Friday Agbom.
The magistrate told Agbom that the tribunal could not assistance Ndubueze bail due to the fact that the tribunal lacked the jurisdiction to grip the case
Chima subsequently ordered that the lawsuit record should beryllium transferred to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.
The magistrate adjourned the lawsuit until Nov.4 for hearing.
Ndubueze, who was arraigned by the police, is facing a four-count complaint bothering connected threats to life, falsehood, fraudulent enactment and circulation of pornographic photos of the girl.
The Prosecutor, Catherine Ajibo alleged that the defendant, sometime successful 2021 astatine Mile 50 Layout Abakaliki, did person unlawful carnal cognition of the girl.
Ajibo alleged that the suspect obtained the consent of the miss by means of threats, falsehood and fraudulent means and thereby committed an offence punishable nether Section 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap 33, Vol.1, Law of Ebonyi State of Nigeria.
She said that the offence was besides punishable nether Section 20 (1) of Ebonyi State Violence Against Persons Prohibition instrumentality 2024 arsenic amended. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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