The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court sitting in Awka on Thursday ordered the remand of a 45-year-old bricklayer, Ikenna Muojekwu, for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old daughter.

The defendant, who resides at Nduana village, Aguluzigbo in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra, is facing a charge of defilement.

The prosecutor, Insp Chinyere Okechukwu, told the court that the offence was committed sometime in March at Nduana village, Aguluzigbo.

Okechukwu said the girl moved in with her father in 2025 after separating from her mother.

She said the girl told police that the defendant, who often returned home drunk, had been sleeping with her until she could no longer bear it and reported the matter to a tenant in the house, who alerted the police.

The prosecutor said a medical examination conducted at the Ntasi Sexual Assault Referral Centre, General Hospital, Enugu-Ukwu, confirmed that the girl had been defiled.

She said the offence contravened Section 3(2) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law of Anambra State, 2017.

Okechukwu prayed the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility, in line with Section 130(2)(a)(b) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2022.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs U.E. Onochie, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Awka Correctional Centre.

Onochie adjourned the case until Aug. 12 for further hearing. (NAN)

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