A chief magistrates’ court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered that a 59-year-old man, Kelvin Iorfa, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice.
The police charged Iorfa with assault and attempted culpable homicide.
The magistrate, Mrs Roseline Iyorshe, did not take the plea of Iorfa for want of jurisdiction.
She ordered the police to return the case file to the Benue Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice and adjourned the case until June 8, for further mention.
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Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Insp. Godwin Ato, told the court that the case was reported at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Makurdi, by Jenkies Shade of KM 4 Gboko Road, Makurdi, on April 11.
Ato alleged that on April 10, Shade reported that Iorfa ruthlessly brutalised his older sister, Nguwasen, of Clerk Quarters, Makurdi.
“He hit her with an object on her head and other sensitive parts of her body until she became unconscious,” the prosecutor said.
Following the petition, the prosecutor told the court that police detectives arrested Iorfa, who confessed to the crime.
He said the offence contravened sections 266 and 230 of the Penal Code Law of Benue State 2004.
The prosecutor, who said investigation into the matter was still ongoing, prayed for an adjournment. – NAN
