An Evabuoriaria Magistrate court, in Benin, Edo State has remanded a 43-year-old woman, identified as Esther Ehikioya, at the Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCC), for allegedly inserting her finger in the vagina of a two-year-old girl and thereafter broke her hymen, reports PM News.
The Police prosecutor, Sergeant Patience Osayi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on February 3, 2020, in Catholic Intercessory Academy, Sepele Road in Benin City.
According to the two-count charge preferred against the accused, the prosecutor said 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 parts: “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.”
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