By LUCY OSUIZIGBO-OKECHUKWU

An Anambra State Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Offences Court, Awka, on Thursday ordered the remand of a 19-year-old Chibuike Ikemelu, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl.

Ikemelu is facing a one-count charge of defilement.

The prosecutor, Insp Chinyere Okechukwu, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between Dec. 4 and Dec. 11, 2025, at Umuebo village in Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra.

Okechukwu said that the defendant took the minor to a bush near her school premises where he allegedly defiled her.

She said that the matter came to light after the girl’s parents discovered she was pregnant.

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

The prosecutor prayed the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility, pursuant to 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 Facility.

She adjourned the case until Aug. 12, for hearing. (NAN)

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