The trial of a person, Onyeji Ikechukwu, charged with assaulting his girlfriend, was stalled on Tuesday on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Excessive Court docket, Zuba, as a result of his absence.
The Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Individuals (NAPTIP) charged the defendant with 5 counts bordering on assaulting one Miss Cynthia Ibeh and inflicting accidents on her.
On the resumed court docket sitting, the defence counsel, Knowledge Elum, knowledgeable the court docket that the defendant was absent, however the surety, Oluboyo Adebayo, was current in court docket.
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The surety defined that the defendant, who had been experiencing eye issues, was flown to the US for medical consideration.
The prosecution counsel, Ms. Rose Ibekwe, requested that mandatory paperwork relating to the defendant’s journey be supplied upfront in order that they could possibly be investigated.
Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya ordered {that a} scanned copy of the defendant’s journey paperwork, together with passport data exhibiting the Nigerian immigration stamp and the U.S. entry stamp, be supplied.
Ogbonnaya additionally directed that tickets exhibiting the date of departure and return be made accessible to the court docket earlier than the following adjourned date, June 9, or else the legislation would take its course.
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The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) stories that the prosecution alleged that the defendant stalked the complainant, intimidated and threatened her with a cutlass and grounded pepper, thereby depriving her of her freedom.
She stated the incident occurred on Feb. 22, 2023 in Abuja.
The offences, she stated, contravened the provisions of Sections 2(1), 4(1), 10(1),17(1), 18(1) of the Violence Towards Individuals, Prohibition Act, 2015.
The defendant, nevertheless, pleaded not responsible.
