One Nwafor Ekene, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly threatening to pour acid on his girlfriend, Helen Okafor.
Ekene, a resident of Kubwa, was docked on charges bordering on “criminal intimidation and inciting disturbance of public peace.’’
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Mr Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that Helen reported the matter at the Kubwa Police Station on June 13.
He alleged that Ekene went to Helen’s house without her consent with intent to cause breach of peace and threatened to pour acid on her.
According to the prosecutor, the action of the defendant, put Helen in the “state of fear of death,’’ adding that the offences contravened Sections 397 and 114 of the Penal Code.
Counsel to Ekene, Mr Anenin Enabosi, urged the court to grant his client bail and promised…
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