The magistrate court in Bayelsa State has on Friday, charged the former Security Adviser to the Bayelsa State Government, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, to prison for allegedly raping a lady.
Kpodo, was arraigned at the Magistrates’ Court 10 presided over by Magistrate E.T. Empire-Ugwa on two counts of unlawful detention and rape of the victim.
According to the charge sheet, Kpodo, a former Security Adviser to the Bayelsa State Government, allegedly detained the victim, 2nd June, at the Etegwe area of Yenagoa with the intent to defile her and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 155 of the Criminal Code of the state. On count two, on the day he allegedly detained the lady, he raped her, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 285 of the Criminal Code.
He however pleaded not guilty, but was denied bail and the case adjourned till August 10.
Kpodo, was arraigned at the Magistrates’ Court 10 presided over by Magistrate E.T. Empire-Ugwa on two counts of unlawful detention and rape of the victim.
According to the charge sheet, Kpodo, a former Security Adviser to the Bayelsa State Government, allegedly detained the victim, 2nd June, at the Etegwe area of Yenagoa with the intent to defile her and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 155 of the Criminal Code of the state. On count two, on the day he allegedly detained the lady, he raped her, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 285 of the Criminal Code.
He however pleaded not guilty, but was denied bail and the case adjourned till August 10.
