Court acquits man charged of rape in Port Harcourt.

A State magistrate court yesterday struck out the case of a twenty-three year old man who was charged with rape and had been in Prison custody since 2014.

The young man, Mr. Nyaamee Sunday was arrested and arraigned along with his friend and roommate, Chinonso Udoye while four others are at large.

Mr. Sunday pleaded not guilty to the charge but said his friend, Mr. Udoye who was later granted bail by a State High court while he remained in custody, had admitted to the crime.

Chief Magistrate, Felicitas Nwokwa who presided over the matter said it was unfortunate that the accused remained in custody for about three years and admonished him to shun wrong association and be an ambassador to others against crime.

Chief Magistrate Nwokwa however said the magistrate court lacked the jurisdiction to award the ultimate penalty for such cases and hence warned the accused that he may not be lucky to escape trial if caught in wrong doing again.