A 41-year-old man self-acclaimed native doctor, Lucky Ugbodaga, has been remanded in prison by a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Suleja, Niger State, for allegedly abducting a 19-year-old girl from Calabar, Cross River State.
Ugbodaga also reportedly kept the victim in custody for four years during which he used her as a sex slave to satisfy his libido.
The victim identified as Mandu Akpan, was said to have born two children for her abductor before she was finally rescued by the police.
The Police prosecutor, Jonathan Garba, disclosed that Akpan was kidnapped by Ugbodaga who was lived in Calabar at that time, when she went to visit her aunt from her base in Akwa Ibom State, and he took her to Niger State where he has kept her hidden all the years.
During interrogation, the suspect told policemen at the “B” Division Police Headquarters in Suleja, that he met the victim in Calabar and sought her friendship which she declined, only for her to become hypnotized after he touched her.
He first moved her to Lagos State after she became unconscious and thereafter to Suleja, where they lived until his arrest.
Garba also said the girl accused Ugbodaga of depriving her any means of communication as well as relating with others while she was held hostage.
He added that the incident became public when the young woman regained her sense of awareness at a church service, which her neighbour had taken her to and on regaining her senses, she started asking questions about where she was and the owner of the two children that were with her.
The prosecutor said the woman was then taken to another house along with the two children for safety while the police was alerted.
When the charges were read to the accused, he accepted being the father of the two children but denied abducting their mother, saying she followed him out of her volition.
Ugbodaga was remanded in prison custody on the orders of the court president, Magistrate Musa Aliyu Lanle.
His case was adjourned until April 21, 2016 for further mention after which his fate would be determined.
