Police arraign man for reneging on his promise of marrying mother of his baby girl

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Nigeria Police have arraigned a 28-year-old driver identified as Christopher Okpe in an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT for allegedly reneging on his promise of marrying a lady who gave birth to a baby girl for him.

WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the suspect identified as Okpe was arraigned on one count of deceitful inducement.

Okpe was accused of promising to marry the lady after he gave birth to their child.

According to the report, he however failed to fulfill the promise, sent the lady out of his house and has reportedly been sending text messages in which he threatened his former lover and members of her family.

The driver was granted bail of N300,000 after pleading not guilty to the offence which contravened section 383 of the Penal Code.

Justice Sani Umar also ordered the defendant to provide two sureties, one of which must be a community leader and must own a house within the jurisdiction of the court.

A photocopy of the Certificate of Occupancy must be submitted to the court.

The case was adjourned till July 1 by Justice Umar who directed the police to detain the defendant for one week in case he failed to meet the bail conditions.

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