A 37-year-old, Francis Okezie, who allegedly raped and impregnated a teenage girl, yesterday, appeared before an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court.

Charged along with him is Esther Udoh, 32, who is being tried for unlawful administering of abortion drug on the girl.

The prosecutor, Sergeant Raphael Donny, told the court that Okezie committed the offences between January and June at his apartment in the same compound with the 14-year-old girl.

Chief Magistrate Folakemi Davies-Abegunde granted the second accused N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum, while the first was remanded in prison and the case adjourned till September 18.