The police on Thursday arraigned a couple in a Grade 1 Area Court, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, for alleged criminal conspiracy, abandonment, cruelty to a 12-year-old and wrongful restraint.
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John, 56, a civil servant and Juliet Akachukwu, 45, a housewife and business woman, reside behind Access Bank, Mararaba in Nasarawa State.
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The police prosecutor, Cpl. Inuwa Maigida, told the court that the matter was reported at the 'A' Division Police Station by Armstrong Amadi of same address on Aug. 12 Maigida said that the couple had been maltreating the 11-year-old niece of Akachukwu, who was given to them to take care of.
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He alleged that John and Juliet maltreated the child and threw her out of their house, adding that the child had been sleeping outside their house since June.