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APC chieftain docked for alleged rape, remanded to prison



Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Richard Kpodo, has been docked and remanded to Okaka prison for two weeks for alleged rape.

Kpodo, who had been at logger heads with the leader of the APC in the state former governor Timipre Sylva and was romancing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state, had recently fell-out with the PDP and has been lately criticising the Bayelsa State Government.

He was arraigned before Magistrate, E.T Empire-Ugwa of Magistrate Court 10 on two counts of unlawful detention and rape of one Teke Blessing.

According to the Charge Sheet, Kpodo was alleged to have detained Blessing on June 20, 2018 at Etegwe area of Yenagoa with an intent to defile her  and thereby committed an…



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