Man on trial over rape of two teenagers

A 24-year-old man, Oghenemine Ahwi, has been remanded in prison custody over his involvement in the alleged gang rape of two teenagers.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Augustina Monye of an Asaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, who did not take the plea of the accused, said that the case was beyond the jurisdiction of her court.

Monye, therefore, ordered that the duplicate copy of the case file be sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) for advice and adjourned the case till October 25 for mention.

The accused, a former commercial motorcyclist (Okada), and others now at large are facing a charge of having unlawful carnal knowledge of the girls, aged 13 and 14.

The police prosecutor, Mr Joseph Nwogwu, told the court that the accused and others now at large committed the offence on August 30 at Koka Junction in Asaba.

Nwogwu said that the accused and his accomplices gang-raped the two girls without their consent.