Nigerian Roman Catholic Priest Kizito Igwebudul was discharged from the Family Court yesterday (Thursday) on charges of rape and indecent assault, after the case failed to make it pass the Preliminary Inquiry (P.I.) stage.
Family Court President Coleen McDonald upheld a no-case submission by Igwebudul’s attorney Ronald Marks that there was no evidence, thus far, to support the charges of rape and indecent assault.
Marks made the no case submission yesterday after the Prosecution rested its case, following the testimonies of several witnesses.
Igwebudul was charged with two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault allegedly committed against a teenage girl in the latter part of 2023. The Preliminary Inquiry had commenced at the Family Court in February this year.