A 30-year-old man, Godface Ibama,
suspected to be a homosexual, was on
Wednesday arraigned before a
Magistrate's Court in Port Harcourt.
Ibama was accused of unlawfully having
carnal knowledge of seven year-old twin
brothers, Elijah and Elisha, through the
anus.
The accused was arraigned on two counts
by the police.
Ibama was brought to the court by the
prosecutor, Sergeant Kenneth Osisi, who
stood in for the River State Commissioner
of Police.
The charges read, "That you, Godface
Ibama 'm' on the 23rd day of August,
2013, at Urualla Waterfront, Mile One Diobu,
Port Harcourt in Port Harcourt Magisterial
District, did have an unlawful carnal
knowledge of one Elijah 'm' aged 7 years
through the anus without his consent and
thereby committed an offence punishable
under Section 214 (1) of the Criminal Code
Cap 37, Vol. II Laws of Rivers State of
Nigeria 1999.
"That you, Godface 'm' on the same date
and place in the aforesaid Magistrial District
did have an unlawful carnal knowledge of
one Elisha 'm' aged 7 years through the
anus without his consent and thereby
committed an offence punishable under
Section 214 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 37,
Vol. II Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria
1999."
The accused pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
The magistrate ordered that Ibama be
remanded in prison custody till September
11, 2013 when arguments on his (accused)
bail would be heard.
It was said that Ibama, who was in court
without a lawyer to represent him, risks
more than 14 years in prison if found
guilty of the offence.
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