A Magistrate Court sitting in Yenagoa has ordered that a 30-year-old man, Kingsley Solomon, be remanded in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Okaka, for allegedly stealing a two-month-old baby at Azikoro Town in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The order to remand him was given by the Chief Magistrate of Court 15 in Yenagoa which is presided over by Sarah B.I. Avoh, the Chief Magistrate 11.
It was learnt that the charges were read out to the defendant in English, but his plea was not taken.
Solomon was arraigned by the Bayelsa State Police Command before Magistrate Sarah B. I. Avoh on two counts bothering on assault and child stealing.
The prosecution alleged that Solomon on the 23rd day of June 2023, at IYC Road, Azikoro Town, gave one Joy Lucky a blow on the left side of her eyes with the intent to steal her child and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 282 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C14, laws of Bayelsa State 2006.
The prosecution alleged that Solomon on the 24h of June 2023 at IYC Road, Azikoro Town in Yenagoa, did steal one baby success Alfred aged two (2) months old, a baby of Joy Lucky and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 298 (a) of Criminal Code Law, Cap C14, laws of Bayelsa State 2006.
The police first information report further revealed that Solomon who claimed to have had an affair with Joy during her early pregnancy at a brothel, is not the rightful father of Success Alfred.
Solomon who pleaded not guilty on July 3, 2023, to the two count charges of Assault and Baby stealing, will have to spend at least 15 days in the Correctional Facility before he will appear at the Magistrate Court on July 18, 2023.
She said Solomon could either be bailed by a permanent secretary under a salary structure of N500,000 or be remanded to the correctional facility.
She, however, adjourned the case till July 18, 2023.
Recall that the Bayelsa Police Command, through Eunice Nnachi Women Advocacy Foundation (ENWAF), arrested Kingsley Solomon following a reported assault on Joy Lucky and stealing of baby Success Alfred along IYC Road, Azikoro Town.
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