Man ties stone to 3-yr-old step-brother, drowns him

AN Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court, Ebonyi State, yesterday, remanded one Ogobuchi Ogonna, 25, for drowning his step-brother, Wisdom Amagu, aged three.
Ogobuchi allegedly tied a stone to his stepbrother’s waist and threw him into a stream.
The incident occurred at Ndiebor Nchoko, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state.
Ogonna was arraigned on a count charge of unlawful cause of death.The charge read: “That you Ogobuchi Amegu, on September 9 at Ndiebor Nchoko, Igbeagu Izzi in the Abakaliki Magisterial district, did unlawfully cause the death of one Wisdom Amagu and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 33: Vol. 1. Laws of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009.”
After the charge was read to him, trial magistrate, Nnachi Olughu, ordered the suspect remanded in prison custody till November 18 and the case file transferred to the Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, for advice as the court has no jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
He held that since “the accused person has no counsel to represent him to enable him take his pleas, this court, hereby, orders that he be remanded in prison custody till November 18.”