Man Sent To Prison For Touching Woman’s Private Part In Edo

An Auchi Magistrates' Court in Edo on Monday remanded 39-year-old Mustapha Mamud in jail for supposedly touching a lady's private part. The Magistrate, Mr M. O. Osayi, said the blamed ought to be kept in a correctional facility pending exhortation from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The blamed, who lives at undisclosed location in Auchi, is confronting a two-tally charge verging on endeavored assault. He, on the other hand, argued not liable to the charge.

Be that as it may, the prosecutor, Sgt. Daniel Mato, told the court that

the blamed conferred the offenses on Feb. 24 at his condo some place in Auchi. As indicated by him, the denounced and the lady are living in the same house.

"The blamed touched the private part for the lady (names withheld) trying to have coitus with of her."

He said the offenses negated Sections 3,594 and 3,609 of the Criminal Code, Laws of the outdated Bendel of 1976 as material in Edo.