An Evbuoriaria Magistrates’ Court sitting in Benin City, Edo state has remanded one Esther Ehikioya at the Nigerian Correction Centre (NCC) for unlawfully inserting her finger in the vagina of a two-year-old girl and thereafter broke the victim’s hymen.

Police prosecutor, Sgt. Osayi Patience told the court that the accused committed the offence on February 3, 2020 in Catholic Intercessory Academy, Sapele Road in Benin City.

According to the two-count charge preferred against the accused, the offence is punishable under section 218 of the Criminal Code Cap 48 Vol.II Laws of the Defunct Bendel state of Nigeria 1976 as applicable to Edo state.

The charge sheet read in part: “That you Esther Ehikioya ‘F’ on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did unlawfully had carnal knowledge of a girl, aged 2 years without her consent or even with the consent which is immaterial as to her age.”

The accused however pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Presiding Magistrate, Dorothy Adamaigbo, who handed out the ruling, declined the defendant bail after listening to the defence counsel and adjourned the matter to April.

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