A native of Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Albert Eligbue has been arraigned before the sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka for allegedly forcing a widow,Mrs Patricia Eligbue, to drink the water used in washing her husband’s corpse
According to The PUNCH, the defendant, who is the brother-in-law of the widow, was arraigned on Thursday on five counts.He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The presiding chief magistrate, Genevieve Osakwe, stated that since the offence was a bailable one, the court would consider the bail application for the defendant.
The court granted Eligbue bail in the sum of N500,000.
Eligbue was also mandated to provide a reliable surety in the like sum, who must be either a traditional ruler of Atani, the Onowu, or the President-General of the Atani community, with two recent passport photographs, and a valid means of identification, among other requirements.
The defendant was remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Awka, and the case was adjourned further till June 7, 2023, for hearing.
