[News] Update: Court remands suspected pedophile who allegedly sexually molested three boys aged 9,11 and 12 years in Port Harcourt

A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded a 27-year- old suspected pedophile accused of sexually molesting three boys.

 

LIB had reported that the suspect identified as Joshua Efe aka Ekpeye was allegedly caught while sexually molesting the minors aged 9,11 and 12 years at Diobu Mile 3 area of Port Harcourt.

 

Prince Wiro, National Coordinator of Centre For Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign pictured with the victims

 

Efe was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Rita Oguguo on Monday, November 1.

 

Oguguo ordered that Efe be remanded in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre and adjourned the case to November 18 for hearing.

 

“Chief Magistrate Court 15 presided over by Chief Magistrate Rita Oguguo on Monday remanded Joshua Efe aka Ekpeye who allegedly assaulted four boys aged 9,11.12 and 16 in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre and adjourned to November 18 for hearing,” human rights group said in a statement on Tuesday.

 

“In the picture is a lawyer Mrs Jane. O.Okpamen holding watching brief for the four complainants on behalf of Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign and Prince Wiro, National Coordinator of the Centre with the four teenage boys after the court sitting on Monday evening.”