36-year-old driver allegedly abducts neighbour’s wife

A 36-year-old man, Emmanuel Peter, has appeared before a Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly abducting his neighbour’s wife, Felicia Akpeku.

The defendant, a driver, is facing a charge of abduction, which contravened the provisions of Section 27 of the Penal Code.

Peter denied committing the offence, while the judge, Mr Hassan Ishaq, admitted him to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case until Feb.9.

The prosecutor, Mr Mahmud Ismail ’la, had earlier told the court that one Akpeku Godwin, who resides in Area A, Nyanyan, Abuja, reported the matter at Nyanyan Police Station on Jan. 12.

According to Ismail’la, “in the early hours of that day, the complainant had a misunderstanding with his wife and she moved out of their home into the apartment of the defendant who was their neighbour.”

The prosecutor alleged that the defendant accommodated the complainant’s wife till the following day and even gave her some money to travel out of town to an unknown location.
He stated that the defendant accommodated and aided the escape of the complainant’s wife without his consent.


(NAN)