Suspected gay arraigned for defiling 7-year-old twins

Suspected gay arraigned for defiling seven-year-old twins

A 30-year-old man, Godface Ibama, suspected to be a homosexual, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate's Court in Port Harcourt.

Ibama was accused of unlawfully having carnal knowledge of seven year-old twin brothers, Elijah and Elisha, through the anus.

The accused was arraigned on  two counts by the police.

Ibama was brought to the court by the prosecutor, Sergeant Kenneth Osisi, who stood in for the River State Commissioner of Police.

The charges read, "That you, Godface Ibama 'm' on the 23rd day of August, 2013, at Urualla Waterfront, Mile One Diobu, Port Harcourt in Port Harcourt Magisterial District, did have an unlawful carnal knowledge of one Elijah 'm' aged 7 years through the anus without his consent and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 214 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol. II Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria 1999.

"That you, Godface 'm' on the same date and place in the aforesaid Magistrial District did have an unlawful carnal knowledge of one Elisha 'm' aged 7 years through the anus without his consent and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 214 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol. II Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria 1999."

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The magistrate ordered that Ibama be remanded in prison custody till September 11, 2013 when arguments on his (accused) bail would be heard.

It was said that Ibama, who was in court without a lawyer to represent him, risks more than 14 years in prison if found guilty of the offence.