Mr Ogbuja and his fugitive son, Victor, who are both maternal relations of the deceased, were accused of serially raping and causing the death of 13-year-old Ochanya.The Benue State High Court in Makurdi, on Wednesday, postponed its judgement in a case involving Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the state polytechnic, accused of raping and causing the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Ochanya Ogbanje, in 2018.
A court official who asked to not be named because of lack of authorisation to talk to the media about the case, said the judge, Augustine Ityonyiman, was unable to deliver the verdict because of an official meeting he would be participating in.The judge, Mr Ityonyiman, had fixed Wednesday, April 13, for judgement after parties canvassed their closing arguments in March.
State prosecutors had first arraigned Mr Ogbuja at a Magistrate’s Court for rape, but later had the case transferred to the High Court and the charged amended after the late Miss Ochanya’s death and transferred the case to the High Court.Court slates April 28 for verdict on Mrs Ogbuja’s trial The anti-trafficking agency accused Mrs Ogbuja of failing in her duty to protect the deceased teenager from “being raped” by her husband and son, Victor.
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