The Children Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 58-year-old trader at the correctional centre over the alleged rape of a minor.
The defendant, Chukwudi Ugwu, is standing trial on a one-count charge of raping his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Inspector Chinyere Okechukwu, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at No. 10, Slaughter Lane, Eke in Awka.
She alleged that the defendant lured the girl into his shop and raped her.
