A 15-year-old girl, Adeyemi Ayomide has reportedly been abducted by a 20-year-old man, identified as Adeleke Temitope, in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The police prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, who charged the defendant to court on Tuesday, disclosed that he does not have a fixed address.
Adeniyi disclosed that Temitope, who committed the offence on Aug. 30 is standing trial on a charge of unlawful abduction.
The suspect was said to have abducted his victim against her will, contravening Section 275 of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the file and assemble his witnesses.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
His counsel, Mr Benjamin Aladesuyi, urged the court to grant his client bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
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The Magistrate, Dolapo Babalogbon, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000, with one surety in like sum.
She adjourned the case till Nov.22 for hearing.
In a separate development, floods have claimed at least 33 lives in some parts of Adamawa State since the beginning of the current wet season.
The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), which disclosed this On Tuesday, said 1,600 households that comprise 9,960 individuals displaced by floods are taking shelter in 11 camps.
The Executive Secretary of ADSEMA, Muhammed Suleiman, speaking at a stakeholders meeting summoned to address flood-related challenges, said the agency established the relief camps in four badly affected local government areas, namely Yola North, Yola South, Lamurde and Demsa.
The emergency stakeholders meeting, organized by the state government, was attended by humanitarian actors and some relevant agencies to discuss matters arising from increased volumes of water from the river banks.
“As a result of the ravaging floods, the state government, through ADSEMA, established 11 camps across four local government areas,” the ADSEMQ chief executive said.