A Magistrate court in Akwa
Ibom has struck out a suit prosecuting a Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong for
allegedly abducting and defiling a 16-year-old girl.
The judge, Moreen Udoka,
struck out the suit after the prosecutor, A. Nyongessien, an assistant state
counsel, reported that the suit has been filed at the State High Court.
The teenage girl was
reportedly abducted by Mr. Armstrong and was living with the actor’s family in
Akwa Ibom.
This is the second time the
suit had been struck out.
The first Judge, Samuel
Ukoima, whose court Mr. Armstrong was first arraigned on June 17, had struck out
the prosecution’s remand application on the basis that it was not properly
filed.
Ukoima ordered the actor to be re-arrested after the case had been properly filed.
The actor had been remanded
for 21 days in a correctional facility to enable the prosecution to file a case
at the high court after the lower court struck out the case based on
jurisdiction.
Further hearing on the suit
would be at the State High Court.
